I love these "news" reporters.
They know that most of their current viewers have no clue what "akin" means. Specially when the words "picking up after" are clumsily left out.
He's an opinion guy. Political magazines like The Weekly Standard, National Review, The New Republic, and The Nation always have an opinion spin, even when they are "reporting" stories.
Sure, newspapers and networks are the same way, but they aren't supposed to be.