NPR reporter explains retracted story on Alito's retirement
Key takeaways
- On NPR s All Things Considered, Totenberg said that she wrote a letter addressed to the justice in which she apologized for the story and said the events surrounding it were entirely on me.
- Dear Justice Alito, there are no words to adequately apologize for today s error in reporting your retirement.
- I didn t hear the s on announcements, and assumed something no reporter should ever do, that you were retiring.
Why this matters: political developments that affect policy direction and public trust.
Link copied by Tara Suter - 06/30/26 8:26 PM ET Link copied NOW PLAYING NPR journalist Nina Totenberg on Tuesday discussed the events leading up to a story from the outlet about Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito retiring that was later retracted.
NPR said in an editor s note Tuesday that it had put out a report that day about Alito retiring, adding that neither Alito nor the court s public information office has announced his retirement, and we have retracted the story.
On NPR s All Things Considered, Totenberg said that she wrote a letter addressed to the justice in which she apologized for the story and said the events surrounding it were entirely on me.