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In this RedState article, Sister Toldjah details NPR’s bizarre explanation for its retracted false report claiming Justice Samuel Alito was retiring, which only deepened suspicions of media malpractice.
- NPR hastily published and quickly retracted a story falsely stating conservative Justice Samuel Alito was retiring, just as major SCOTUS decisions were released.
- Longtime correspondent Nina Totenberg blamed a “rookie mistake,” claiming she misheard “retirement announcements” as singular and assumed it was Alito without verification.
- Totenberg admitted it was “the worst professional mistake of my more than 50 years in journalism” and apologized directly to Alito.
- Critics noted this was not her first major SCOTUS reporting error, including a prior incident involving Justices Gorsuch and Sotomayor.
- The fiasco fueled speculation of an “embargoed pre-write” or wishful thinking, especially given NPR’s left-leaning bias and Alito’s conservative record.
- NPR’s editor-in-chief called it a “misunderstanding,” while the public editor highlighted trust in Totenberg’s experience.
- The incident underscores ongoing questions about legacy media’s reliability and potential desire for conservative justices to step down.
Read the full story:
https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2026/06/30/npr-reporter-explains-the-retracted-alito-retirement-story-n2203876


