NPR retracts a story that incorrectly claimed Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is retiring. Multiple outlets report that the article briefly appears on NPR’s website and homepage shortly after the Supreme Court’s end-of-term rulings are released, prompting activity in the Court’s press area. The Supreme Court is cited as saying it did not make any announcement about Alito’s retirement. Minutes after publication, NPR removes the item and replaces it with an editor’s note stating the earlier report was published in error. Fox News, Deadline, Mediaite, and others describe the correction as an immediate pullback of the retirement claim. The New York Times reports that the removed article was written by NPR’s longtime Supreme Court reporter Nina Totenberg. Yahoo UK News similarly characterizes the retracted story as inaccurate. Across the reports, the common point is that no retirement announcement exists and NPR’s retirement claim is retracted shortly after it appears online.
NPR retracts story incorrectly claiming Justice Samuel Alito is retiring
NPR retracts a story that incorrectly claimed Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is retiring. Multiple outlets report that the article briefly appears on NPR’s website and homepage shortly after the S...
- NPR publishes a story claiming Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is retiring.
- The story appears briefly online and is then removed shortly afterward.
- The Supreme Court indicates no retirement announcement about Alito was made.
- NPR replaces the removed item with an editor’s note saying the earlier report was published in error.
- Reporting credits cited by outlets include NPR Supreme Court reporter Nina Totenberg.
National Public Radio had to retract a story announcing the retirement of Justice Samuel Alito after the report was deemed false. The retraction comes after Alito faced widespread criticism over his recent opinions in different Supreme Court cases, including siding with conservative arguments to bar transgender athletes from women’s sports, dissenting in a case involving...
32 minutes agoThe story briefly appeared on NPR's homepage before being removed. The Supreme Court said no such announcement was made as the justices issued major end-of-term rulings.
2 hours agoNPR retracted a story falsely reporting Justice Alito retiring, replacing it with an editor's note.
2 hours ago'No such announcement has been made'
2 hours agoShortly after the final opinion of the Supreme Court’s term was announced on Tuesday, NPR published a bombshell that sent the high court’s press room scrambling: An official announcement that Justice Samuel Alito was retiring. Yet, minutes later, the story was pulled, with the message, “Editors Note: Earlier today we erroneously published a story saying […]
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