NPR retracts false report claiming Justice Samuel Alito is retiring from the Supreme Court

NPR retracts article incorrectly reporting Justice Alito's retirement, citing 'misunderstanding'

NPR has retracted an article that incorrectly reported Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was retiring.

NPR Retracts Erroneous Report of Justice Alito’s Retirement

NPR retracted a story Tuesday stating that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was retiring, declaring that it made an error and that there had been no such announcement. NPR posted the story moments after the Supreme Court finished its term, citing a statement from the press office. However, court spokeswoman Patricia McCabe told Politico that []...Click to read more

NPR reveals how a misheard announcement led to it falsely claiming Justice Alito was retiring

NPR retracted a story falsely reporting Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was retiring after correspondent Nina Totenberg misheard an announcement.

NPR retracts story announcing Alito’s retirement

NPR retracted an inaccurate story about Justice Samuel Alito’s supposed retirement on Tuesday after the latest series of Supreme Court decisions were handed down. NPR published an editor’s note in place of the original article, owning up to the mistake. “Earlier today, we erroneously published a story saying that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was []

NPR retracts comically specific article about Supreme Court's Samuel Alito retiring, after he doesn't

This morning, NPR published a long, detailed article about U.S. Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito retiring. Announced from the bench, wrote veteran court reporter Nina Totenberg. But he hasn't retired; he wasn't even there today. Oops! Earlier today, we erroneously published a story saying that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was retiring. — Read the rest The post NPR retracts comically specific article about Supreme Court's Samuel Alito retiring, after he doesn't appeared first on Boing Boing.