Gorsuch is apparently a real d**k

[Anonymous]

State media, hard at work, doubling-down, as always.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It has now been debunked by all the Supreme Court Justices involved, including the supposed victim herself.

Still, unlike the fake news about Justice Sotomayor dining out without a mask that was pushed in conservative media ten days ago, the “blue check” crowd has yet to demand retractions, nor have there been any soul-searching articles about gullibility or confirmation bias, nor any scolding of NPR or Totenberg.

NPR and Totenberg, meanwhile, still stand by the debunked report. It appears they will hang their refusal to take the Justices at their word on the sole reasoning that Totenberg used the words “in some form” when writing that Roberts “asked the other justices to mask up.”

Nevertheless, the original and still uncorrected report from Totenberg says definitively that Roberts asked. Roberts says definitively that he did not. Gorsuch and Sotomayor both said definitively that the story “is false.” They did not say “only part of the story is false” or “any implication of a specific interaction is false.” They, two attorneys, judges, Justices, said in a declarative statement: “It is false.” They left no wiggle room, nor did Chief Justice Roberts.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/justices-gorsuch-sotomayor-and-roberts-blow-up-npr-mask-story-by-nina-totenberg/ar-AASX1Qh?ocid=BingNewsSearch

Gorsuch and Sotomayor did not say the story is false. And you're using the legitimacy of msn to cite a RWNJ site, Mediaite.

Wow. Two complete lies. Mediaite is, in fact, a LWNJ site. Do you ever fact-check?

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/mediaite/

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These media sources are moderately to strongly biased toward liberal causes through story selection and/or political affiliation. They may utilize strong loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes), publish misleading reports, and omit information that may damage liberal causes. Some sources in this category may be untrustworthy. See all Left Bias sources.

Overall, we rate Mediaite Left Biased based on story selection that almost always favors the left. We also rate them Mostly Factual in reporting rather than High due to misleading, sensational headlines and the occasional use of poor sources.

Secondly, and as you already know, Gorsuch and Sotomayor put out a joint statement saying the story is false - as did CJ Roberts. You can parse their words as much as you want, but the story is false and everyone knows it. Grow up.

WASHINGTON — In an unusual joint statement on Wednesday, Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Neil M. Gorsuch sought to rebut reports that Justice Gorsuch’s refusal to wear a mask at Supreme Court arguments has created tensions between them.

“Reporting that Justice Sotomayor asked Justice Gorsuch to wear a mask surprised us,” the statement said. “It is false. While we may sometimes disagree about the law, we are warm colleagues and friends.”

A few hours later, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. issued his own statement. “I did not request Justice Gorsuch or any other justice to wear a mask on the bench,” he said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/19/us/politics/supreme-court-masks.html

NP. Gorsuch wasn’t wearing a mask. The statement doesn’t address this. It just says she didn’t ask him and they are coworkers on good terms. Roberts statement just say he didn’t ask the justices to wear a mask. So I fail to see how any of their words put a mask on Gorsuch’s face.

The statements of the 3 Justices prove that Totenberg's story - which went viral - is fake news. It didn't happen. Period.
And, yet folks here are doubling down, defending Totenberg and other journalists (Marcus) and trying to parse words to make it be true - because, "Please - this has to be a true story so we can disparage a Justice on SCOTUS that Trump nominated."
Seems as if Totenberg has an agenda. Gee. What might that be???? Amazingly, this thread popped up in the middle of this fake controversy: https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1030482.page

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Amazing that they continue doubling down on this fake story, parsing words to pretend they say something they don't. Reminds me of Bill Clinton and his "depends on what the meaning of 'IS' is." Ridiculous, unserious people are proving, once again, that they are ridiculous and unserious.

What this whole episode illustrates perfectly is the decline of journalistic standards in the US.

It used to be that you would only rely on an anonymous source in extenuating circumstances. Today it seems to be acceptable to cite a single anonymous source to attack a public figure, and when all three parties named in the story deny categorically that it happened, you choose to stand by your anonymous source who isn't even willing to place their own name and reputation at risk.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It has now been debunked by all the Supreme Court Justices involved, including the supposed victim herself.

Still, unlike the fake news about Justice Sotomayor dining out without a mask that was pushed in conservative media ten days ago, the “blue check” crowd has yet to demand retractions, nor have there been any soul-searching articles about gullibility or confirmation bias, nor any scolding of NPR or Totenberg.

NPR and Totenberg, meanwhile, still stand by the debunked report. It appears they will hang their refusal to take the Justices at their word on the sole reasoning that Totenberg used the words “in some form” when writing that Roberts “asked the other justices to mask up.”

Nevertheless, the original and still uncorrected report from Totenberg says definitively that Roberts asked. Roberts says definitively that he did not. Gorsuch and Sotomayor both said definitively that the story “is false.” They did not say “only part of the story is false” or “any implication of a specific interaction is false.” They, two attorneys, judges, Justices, said in a declarative statement: “It is false.” They left no wiggle room, nor did Chief Justice Roberts.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/justices-gorsuch-sotomayor-and-roberts-blow-up-npr-mask-story-by-nina-totenberg/ar-AASX1Qh?ocid=BingNewsSearch

Gorsuch and Sotomayor did not say the story is false. And you're using the legitimacy of msn to cite a RWNJ site, Mediaite.

Wow. Two complete lies. Mediaite is, in fact, a LWNJ site. Do you ever fact-check?

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/mediaite/

LEFT BIAS
These media sources are moderately to strongly biased toward liberal causes through story selection and/or political affiliation. They may utilize strong loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes), publish misleading reports, and omit information that may damage liberal causes. Some sources in this category may be untrustworthy. See all Left Bias sources.

Overall, we rate Mediaite Left Biased based on story selection that almost always favors the left. We also rate them Mostly Factual in reporting rather than High due to misleading, sensational headlines and the occasional use of poor sources.

Secondly, and as you already know, Gorsuch and Sotomayor put out a joint statement saying the story is false - as did CJ Roberts. You can parse their words as much as you want, but the story is false and everyone knows it. Grow up.

WASHINGTON — In an unusual joint statement on Wednesday, Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Neil M. Gorsuch sought to rebut reports that Justice Gorsuch’s refusal to wear a mask at Supreme Court arguments has created tensions between them.

“Reporting that Justice Sotomayor asked Justice Gorsuch to wear a mask surprised us,” the statement said. “It is false. While we may sometimes disagree about the law, we are warm colleagues and friends.”

A few hours later, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. issued his own statement. “I did not request Justice Gorsuch or any other justice to wear a mask on the bench,” he said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/19/us/politics/supreme-court-masks.html

NP. Gorsuch wasn’t wearing a mask. The statement doesn’t address this. It just says she didn’t ask him and they are coworkers on good terms. Roberts statement just say he didn’t ask the justices to wear a mask. So I fail to see how any of their words put a mask on Gorsuch’s face.

The statements of the 3 Justices prove that Totenberg's story - which went viral - is fake news. It didn't happen. Period.
And, yet folks here are doubling down, defending Totenberg and other journalists (Marcus) and trying to parse words to make it be true - because, "Please - this has to be a true story so we can disparage a Justice on SCOTUS that Trump nominated."
Seems as if Totenberg has an agenda. Gee. What might that be???? Amazingly, this thread popped up in the middle of this fake controversy: https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1030482.page

+100
Amazing that they continue doubling down on this fake story, parsing words to pretend they say something they don't. Reminds me of Bill Clinton and his "depends on what the meaning of 'IS' is." Ridiculous, unserious people are proving, once again, that they are ridiculous and unserious.

What this whole episode illustrates perfectly is the decline of journalistic standards in the US.

It used to be that you would only rely on an anonymous source in extenuating circumstances. Today it seems to be acceptable to cite a single anonymous source to attack a public figure, and when all three parties named in the story deny categorically that it happened, you choose to stand by your anonymous source who isn't even willing to place their own name and reputation at risk.

Exactly this. The people insisting this stupid story has to be true are venomous partisan hacks. Really pathetic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It has now been debunked by all the Supreme Court Justices involved, including the supposed victim herself.

Still, unlike the fake news about Justice Sotomayor dining out without a mask that was pushed in conservative media ten days ago, the “blue check” crowd has yet to demand retractions, nor have there been any soul-searching articles about gullibility or confirmation bias, nor any scolding of NPR or Totenberg.

NPR and Totenberg, meanwhile, still stand by the debunked report. It appears they will hang their refusal to take the Justices at their word on the sole reasoning that Totenberg used the words “in some form” when writing that Roberts “asked the other justices to mask up.”

Nevertheless, the original and still uncorrected report from Totenberg says definitively that Roberts asked. Roberts says definitively that he did not. Gorsuch and Sotomayor both said definitively that the story “is false.” They did not say “only part of the story is false” or “any implication of a specific interaction is false.” They, two attorneys, judges, Justices, said in a declarative statement: “It is false.” They left no wiggle room, nor did Chief Justice Roberts.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/justices-gorsuch-sotomayor-and-roberts-blow-up-npr-mask-story-by-nina-totenberg/ar-AASX1Qh?ocid=BingNewsSearch

Gorsuch and Sotomayor did not say the story is false. And you're using the legitimacy of msn to cite a RWNJ site, Mediaite.

Wow. Two complete lies. Mediaite is, in fact, a LWNJ site. Do you ever fact-check?

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/mediaite/

LEFT BIAS
These media sources are moderately to strongly biased toward liberal causes through story selection and/or political affiliation. They may utilize strong loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes), publish misleading reports, and omit information that may damage liberal causes. Some sources in this category may be untrustworthy. See all Left Bias sources.

Overall, we rate Mediaite Left Biased based on story selection that almost always favors the left. We also rate them Mostly Factual in reporting rather than High due to misleading, sensational headlines and the occasional use of poor sources.

Secondly, and as you already know, Gorsuch and Sotomayor put out a joint statement saying the story is false - as did CJ Roberts. You can parse their words as much as you want, but the story is false and everyone knows it. Grow up.

WASHINGTON — In an unusual joint statement on Wednesday, Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Neil M. Gorsuch sought to rebut reports that Justice Gorsuch’s refusal to wear a mask at Supreme Court arguments has created tensions between them.

“Reporting that Justice Sotomayor asked Justice Gorsuch to wear a mask surprised us,” the statement said. “It is false. While we may sometimes disagree about the law, we are warm colleagues and friends.”

A few hours later, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. issued his own statement. “I did not request Justice Gorsuch or any other justice to wear a mask on the bench,” he said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/19/us/politics/supreme-court-masks.html

NP. Gorsuch wasn’t wearing a mask. The statement doesn’t address this. It just says she didn’t ask him and they are coworkers on good terms. Roberts statement just say he didn’t ask the justices to wear a mask. So I fail to see how any of their words put a mask on Gorsuch’s face.

The statements of the 3 Justices prove that Totenberg's story - which went viral - is fake news. It didn't happen. Period.
And, yet folks here are doubling down, defending Totenberg and other journalists (Marcus) and trying to parse words to make it be true - because, "Please - this has to be a true story so we can disparage a Justice on SCOTUS that Trump nominated."
Seems as if Totenberg has an agenda. Gee. What might that be???? Amazingly, this thread popped up in the middle of this fake controversy: https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1030482.page

+100
Amazing that they continue doubling down on this fake story, parsing words to pretend they say something they don't. Reminds me of Bill Clinton and his "depends on what the meaning of 'IS' is." Ridiculous, unserious people are proving, once again, that they are ridiculous and unserious.

What this whole episode illustrates perfectly is the decline of journalistic standards in the US.

It used to be that you would only rely on an anonymous source in extenuating circumstances. Today it seems to be acceptable to cite a single anonymous source to attack a public figure, and when all three parties named in the story deny categorically that it happened, you choose to stand by your anonymous source who isn't even willing to place their own name and reputation at risk.

Exactly this. The people insisting this stupid story has to be true are venomous partisan hacks. Really pathetic.

The people insisting it’s true have been radicalized.

This sort of radicalization is extremely troubling - made all the more troubling because NPR is feeding into their warped world view.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It has now been debunked by all the Supreme Court Justices involved, including the supposed victim herself.

Still, unlike the fake news about Justice Sotomayor dining out without a mask that was pushed in conservative media ten days ago, the “blue check” crowd has yet to demand retractions, nor have there been any soul-searching articles about gullibility or confirmation bias, nor any scolding of NPR or Totenberg.

NPR and Totenberg, meanwhile, still stand by the debunked report. It appears they will hang their refusal to take the Justices at their word on the sole reasoning that Totenberg used the words “in some form” when writing that Roberts “asked the other justices to mask up.”

Nevertheless, the original and still uncorrected report from Totenberg says definitively that Roberts asked. Roberts says definitively that he did not. Gorsuch and Sotomayor both said definitively that the story “is false.” They did not say “only part of the story is false” or “any implication of a specific interaction is false.” They, two attorneys, judges, Justices, said in a declarative statement: “It is false.” They left no wiggle room, nor did Chief Justice Roberts.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/justices-gorsuch-sotomayor-and-roberts-blow-up-npr-mask-story-by-nina-totenberg/ar-AASX1Qh?ocid=BingNewsSearch

Gorsuch and Sotomayor did not say the story is false. And you're using the legitimacy of msn to cite a RWNJ site, Mediaite.

Wow. Two complete lies. Mediaite is, in fact, a LWNJ site. Do you ever fact-check?

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/mediaite/

LEFT BIAS
These media sources are moderately to strongly biased toward liberal causes through story selection and/or political affiliation. They may utilize strong loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes), publish misleading reports, and omit information that may damage liberal causes. Some sources in this category may be untrustworthy. See all Left Bias sources.

Overall, we rate Mediaite Left Biased based on story selection that almost always favors the left. We also rate them Mostly Factual in reporting rather than High due to misleading, sensational headlines and the occasional use of poor sources.

Secondly, and as you already know, Gorsuch and Sotomayor put out a joint statement saying the story is false - as did CJ Roberts. You can parse their words as much as you want, but the story is false and everyone knows it. Grow up.

WASHINGTON — In an unusual joint statement on Wednesday, Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Neil M. Gorsuch sought to rebut reports that Justice Gorsuch’s refusal to wear a mask at Supreme Court arguments has created tensions between them.

“Reporting that Justice Sotomayor asked Justice Gorsuch to wear a mask surprised us,” the statement said. “It is false. While we may sometimes disagree about the law, we are warm colleagues and friends.”

A few hours later, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. issued his own statement. “I did not request Justice Gorsuch or any other justice to wear a mask on the bench,” he said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/19/us/politics/supreme-court-masks.html

NP. Gorsuch wasn’t wearing a mask. The statement doesn’t address this. It just says she didn’t ask him and they are coworkers on good terms. Roberts statement just say he didn’t ask the justices to wear a mask. So I fail to see how any of their words put a mask on Gorsuch’s face.

The statements of the 3 Justices prove that Totenberg's story - which went viral - is fake news. It didn't happen. Period.
And, yet folks here are doubling down, defending Totenberg and other journalists (Marcus) and trying to parse words to make it be true - because, "Please - this has to be a true story so we can disparage a Justice on SCOTUS that Trump nominated."
Seems as if Totenberg has an agenda. Gee. What might that be???? Amazingly, this thread popped up in the middle of this fake controversy: https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1030482.page

+100
Amazing that they continue doubling down on this fake story, parsing words to pretend they say something they don't. Reminds me of Bill Clinton and his "depends on what the meaning of 'IS' is." Ridiculous, unserious people are proving, once again, that they are ridiculous and unserious.

What this whole episode illustrates perfectly is the decline of journalistic standards in the US.

It used to be that you would only rely on an anonymous source in extenuating circumstances. Today it seems to be acceptable to cite a single anonymous source to attack a public figure, and when all three parties named in the story deny categorically that it happened, you choose to stand by your anonymous source who isn't even willing to place their own name and reputation at risk.

Exactly this. The people insisting this stupid story has to be true are venomous partisan hacks. Really pathetic.

The people insisting it’s true have been radicalized.

This sort of radicalization is extremely troubling - made all the more troubling because NPR is feeding into their warped world view.

They want it to be true, so it must be.

[Anonymous]

Their mistake was listening to NPR in the first place. Fox News FTW.

[Anonymous]

Every human being - EXCEPT NEIL GORSUCH - is wearing a mask inside the Supreme Court building.

You can draw any conclusion you wish from that fact.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Every human being - EXCEPT NEIL GORSUCH - is wearing a mask inside the Supreme Court building.

You can draw any conclusion you wish from that fact.

Maybe he has a medical condition that makes wearing a mask difficult? Anyway if there’s no enforceable mask rule, that’s his choice. They take them off a bunch anyway. Are the rest of them still wearing useless cloth?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Every human being - EXCEPT NEIL GORSUCH - is wearing a mask inside the Supreme Court building.

You can draw any conclusion you wish from that fact.

That he’s pro-science?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every human being - EXCEPT NEIL GORSUCH - is wearing a mask inside the Supreme Court building.

You can draw any conclusion you wish from that fact.

That he’s pro-science?

He should have no problem with his next operation being done by a maskless surgeon, then. Since surgical grade masks apparently don’t do anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every human being - EXCEPT NEIL GORSUCH - is wearing a mask inside the Supreme Court building.

You can draw any conclusion you wish from that fact.

That he’s pro-science?

As much as I hate to agree, the science is not supporting continued masking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every human being - EXCEPT NEIL GORSUCH - is wearing a mask inside the Supreme Court building.

You can draw any conclusion you wish from that fact.

That he’s pro-science?

As much as I hate to agree, the science is not supporting continued masking.

Not sure where you are getting that idea.

We are still very much in a pandemic, and the science shows that proper masking changes the amount of time it would take for COVID to transmit from an infected person to an uninfected person from minutes to hours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every human being - EXCEPT NEIL GORSUCH - is wearing a mask inside the Supreme Court building.

You can draw any conclusion you wish from that fact.

That he’s pro-science?

As much as I hate to agree, the science is not supporting continued masking.

Not sure where you are getting that idea.

We are still very much in a pandemic, and the science shows that proper masking changes the amount of time it would take for COVID to transmit from an infected person to an uninfected person from minutes to hours.

So not so useful in situations where people are spending hours together….

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every human being - EXCEPT NEIL GORSUCH - is wearing a mask inside the Supreme Court building.

You can draw any conclusion you wish from that fact.

Maybe he has a medical condition that makes wearing a mask difficult? Anyway if there’s no enforceable mask rule, that’s his choice. They take them off a bunch anyway. Are the rest of them still wearing useless cloth?

Being a selfish jerk is not a medical condition.

[Anonymous]

Nina Totenberg is a well-respected journalist. Fox employs liars and hacks. Enough said.