"Newscaster quotes politician in politician's own words."
Eh, then they should attribute it as a quote.
This seems more like aping the party line and reading the press release as if it were news.
I had pneumonia two years ago and tried to power through the episode , until it reached the point that I missed a day or two of work.
At the time I did not use the words "power through", there are indeed several other words in the English language that can mean poor judgment.