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Wait.... You are saying that Nina Totenberg's false story went viral because...... of Republicans?
LOL. How clueless can you be?
Just a few posts in this long thread about how the MSM pushed this story........

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OMG.

Their credibility just evaporated.

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OMG.

Their credibility just evaporated.

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This whole thread should be appended to the LW/RW news thread.

Why is all the wording so CAREFUL?
Will we find out the real story?

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This whole thread should be appended to the LW/RW news thread.

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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/

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

It went viral because RWNJs amplified it. Anyone with half a brain can spot the difference between their statement and what was reported. It doesn't require parsing words. In fact, theur statement is word parsing itself.

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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/

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

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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.

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

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Anonymous wrote:So this whole story is BS? She is not one just to fall on her sword so there is really no other conclusion that this was a non-story from the start.

It could be BS... or, the justices could be lying to cover their a***s, which is more likely.

+1. This is a PR operation to salvage the dying reputation of the SCOTUS. Nina Totenberg is not just some B-list reporter.

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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.

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