Translating Mediaspeak into English

There are so many examples of why what you read in the Crass Media is not written in the language it appears to be. Here is just one, an article about Injustice Souter and what Obam Hussein will look for in a replacement. Like most American Pravda (AP) articles, this is written in Mediaspeak. The English translation appears in red.

Obama hopes to replace Justice Souter by October
By MARK SHERMAN and JENNIFER LOVEN, Associated Press Writers Mark Sherman And Jennifer Loven, Associated Press Writers – May 1, 2009

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama said Friday he will replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter with someone who shares the president's respect for "constitutional values"
someone who shares the president's utter disregard for constitutional values (hence the scare quotes)
and hopes to have "him or her" seated on the nation's highest court by the start of the next term in October. In a dramatic flourish, Obama interrupted spokesman Robert Gibbs' daily press briefing to announce that he had just talked to Souter.

The news of Souter's planned retirement had broken by then, but the White House had said nothing until the president came in.

Obama thanked Souter for his dedicated service, and quickly looked ahead to the nomination of a replacement.
Obama thanked Souter for 1) ignoring the constitution in nearly all his decisions, and 2) waiting for an ultra-liberal President and a filibuster-proof Sin-ate majority to be elected before he retired.

"As I make this decision," Obama said, "I intend to consult with members of both parties, across the political spectrum. And it is my hope that we can swear in our new Supreme Court justice in time for him or her to be seated by the first Monday in October."
"As I make this decision," Obam Hussein said, "I intend to consult with the leftmost 0.01% of Democrats and the de facto Democrats in the Republican Party. Then I will inform the rest of the Democrats and Republicans of what I intend to impose on them and on all Americans by the first Monday in October."

Souter informed Obama of his plans in a brief letter Friday. Obama praised Souter, who is leaving after nearly two decades in Washington. His retirement gives Obama his first pick for the Supreme Court.

Souter's departure is unlikely to change the court's conservative-liberal split. Obama's first pick is likely to be a liberal-leaning nominee, much like Souter.
This part is true.

The vacancy could lead to another woman on the bench to join Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, currently the court's only female justice.

At 69, Souter is much younger than either Ginsburg, 76, or Justice John Paul Stevens, 89, the other two liberal justices whose names have been mentioned as possible retirees. Yet those justices have given no indication they intend to retire soon and Ginsburg said she plans to serve into her 80s, despite her recent surgery for pancreatic cancer.

In Philadelphia, Sen. Arlen Specter said he would like to see more ethnic and gender diversity on the high court. "I think that, given the proportion of women in our society, that one out of nine is underrepresented," said Specter, a recent convert to the Democratic Party. "The court could use some diversity along a number of lines," he added, mentioning African-Americans and Hispanics.
Interest groups immediately began gearing up.

But not ideological diversity. He firmly opposed many of Bush's minority, female and minority female nominees for not being firmly aligned with the hard left. And Specter is not a convert. He has always been a Democrat and always will be. What changed is that for once he decided to be honest about his party affiliation.

"Obama's own record and rhetoric make clear that he will seek left-wing judicial activists who will indulge their passions, not justices who will make their rulings with dispassion," said Ed Whelan, president of the conservative Ethics and Public Policy Center.
Whelan speaks English, not Mediaspeak.

Nan Aron, president of the liberal Alliance for Justice, said, "We're looking for President Obama to choose an eminently qualified candidate who is committed to the core constitutional values, who is committed to justice for all and not just a few,"
Nan Aron, president of the liberal Alliance for Inustice, said, "We're looking for President Obama to choose a completely unqualified candidate who is committed to destroying the Constitution and everything it stands for, who is committed to special treatment for left-wing constituencies and complete indifference to their victims."