Nina Totenberg had been silent most of the day as three members of the Supreme Court issued brief statements in response to a piece she’d written for NPR. A lot of people have been splitting hairs over the justices’ statements, saying they don’t necessarily refute what Totenberg reported, and NPR itself is among them, parsing the two statements very carefully.
NPR stands by my reportinghttps://t.co/eEtiNgMQet
— Nina Totenberg (@NinaTotenberg) January 19, 2022
“On Tuesday, NPR reported that … the chief justice, “in some form asked the other justices to mask up.” Chief Justice John Roberts seemed to hammer the final nail in that coffin, saying, “I did not request Justice Gorsuch or any other Justice to wear a mask on the bench.”
Yes, but:
On Wednesday, Sotomayor and Gorsuch issued a statement saying that she did not ask him to wear a mask. NPR’s report did not say that she did. Then, the chief justice issued a statement saying he “did not request Justice Gorsuch or any other justice to wear a mask on the bench.” The NPR report said the chief justice’s ask to the justices had come “in some form.”
NPR stands by its reporting.
They’re harping about “in some form”? That’s like Bill Clinton saying his answer depended on what the meaning of the word “is” was. But NPR stands by its reporting.
Lol of course they do
— Sean Agnew (@seanagnew) January 19, 2022
The evidence doesn't, so that's not a good thing.
— Noam Blum (@neontaster) January 19, 2022
“Even though I’m wrong.”
— Lady L. North (@LadyLNorth) January 19, 2022
I’m sure they stand by your reporting.
Truth, not so much.
— Daddio (@MusingDave) January 19, 2022
So? If it is false it is false no matter who "stands behind it".
— Crosspatch (@VictorB123) January 19, 2022
…Which is why everyone's faith in the media is plummeting.
— Chris Nethery (@ChrisANethery) January 19, 2022
Three Supreme Court justices disagree…
— Douglas Patch (@DouglasPatch) January 19, 2022
We have 3 SCOTUS justices contradicting it.
— just alan (@JustJustalan) January 19, 2022
3 members of the court, the actual people in your report all deny your reporting was accurate.
Doubling down isn't the answer here.
— Steve (@Steve56666007) January 19, 2022
My mom stands by her reporting that I’m the smartest handsomest best boy ever
— Andrew D (@One2th) January 19, 2022
🤡🤡🤡
— Dunc (@doughnutduncan) January 19, 2022
"Yamiche totally digs it, too"
— steve caldwell (@scaldwell65) January 19, 2022
— gavriel cristian (@GaviPredescu) January 19, 2022
Take the L and move on
— uj6238 (@johnuj6238) January 19, 2022
That’s nice dear. Have a nap and a cookie. It’ll help soothe that burn.
— Cheryl Ghiselin (@GhiselinCheryl) January 19, 2022
"I reject your reality and substitute it with my own!"
— 🥃 (@BBSoltis) January 19, 2022
"Our reporter was either lied to or made stuff up herself. Either way we choose to continue to believe the narrative her reporting was trying to push. We stand 100% behind that narrative."
— Nick 🐋 (@ILCorrespondent) January 19, 2022
Not a good look when the court closes ranks against your anonymous source reporting.
— Charles Crooks (@CharlesCrooks) January 19, 2022
"I stand by my anonymous sources over three Supreme Court justices, spanning the political spectrum, speaking on the record."
— Karl Crary (@Crary76) January 19, 2022
This is the part where you say: “My sources were wrong. I’ll try to do my job next time.”
— The Rancor Keeper (@ohnotherancor) January 19, 2022
I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt that you accurately reported what your source reported to you. But they were obviously wrong, so why not just say that?
— Missouri, Esq. (@vandyry38) January 19, 2022
Just add "without evidence" to your claims and you will tidy up your reporting.
— Mac Davis (@mac1davis) January 19, 2022
Related:
‘Game over, NPR’: Chief Justice John Roberts hammers what should be the final nail into Nina Totenberg’s Sotomayor-Gorsuch mask-erade coffin https://t.co/nkdXAQgpaO
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 19, 2022
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