bork

To attempt to sabotage a political nomination based on political bias rather than merit, as illustrated in the case of Robert Bork, nominee to the Supreme Court.

The democrats are really doing everything they can to bork Brett Kavanaugh.

rathered

to have lost respect and status as a journalist by failing to validate information that turns out to be false, especially when the failure appears to be the result of bias

He really rathered himself with that piece on the president. The letter he cited was totally bogus.