Question!

What is Judge Sonia Sotomayor doing in this photo?

Is she “endur[ing] a third day of confirmation hearings” as the Washington Post has captioned the photo? Looks like those Republican senators really put her in her place, doesn’t it?

No.

Actually, she’s laughing at a joke by Senator Al Franken (I will NEVER tire of saying that). Now, why would the Washington Post caption the photo the way they did, especially in light of the fact that the SAME image is more appropriately (and accurately) captioned elsewhere?

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