To illustrate how ridiculous that this is considered a piece of news to Westerners, consider if Chinese media reports "Taylor Swift confirmed to have voted in t

To illustrate how ridiculous that this is considered a piece of news to Westerners, consider if Chinese media reports "Taylor Swift confirmed to have voted in the election." I don't think the term "confirmed" is the right choice here since it is confusing the action and the state. I highly doubt that the media would use the word "confirmed" if he actually just joined the party. That would be news.