Monday, April 11, 2005

The Department of Prereporting

From the pages of the Associated Press, comes this gem, which states that:
Undersecretary of State John R. Bolton faced tough questioning Monday from Senate Democrats on his nomination to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Republicans were looking for swift approval from the Foreign Relations Committee.


The problem is, this story was published before the Committee session took place and John Bolton faced a single question.

No one has any idea the kind of questions Bolton will face, though this is a reasonable possibility considering some of the press surrounding his original nomination to the post.

The AP must have invested in the same precogs as the Department of Precrime. Problem is, this isn't science fiction written by Philip Dick. You can't invent the news out of whole cloth unless your name happens to be Dan Rather.

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