{"id":18962,"date":"2026-06-30T19:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T19:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=18962"},"modified":"2026-06-30T19:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T19:32:11","slug":"npr-retracts-article-incorrectly-reporting-justice-alitos-retirement-citing-misunderstanding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=18962","title":{"rendered":"NPR retracts article incorrectly reporting Justice Alito\u2019s retirement, citing \u2018misunderstanding\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>By JOCELYN NOVECK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the final day of the Supreme Court\u2019s session, National Public Radio quickly retracted an article Tuesday that incorrectly reported that Justice Samuel Alito was retiring, blaming the error on \u201ca misunderstanding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=18960\">After helping the US win the Cold War, the all-you-can-eat buffet is fading. Thanks, COVID<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The article was written by NPR\u2019s veteran Supreme Court reporter, Nina Totenberg, who planned to address the issue on air later in the day, the news organization said.<\/p>\n<p>An editor\u2019s note posted by some NPR affiliates said: \u201cEarlier today, we erroneously published a story saying that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was retiring. Neither Alito nor the court\u2019s public information office has announced his retirement, and we have retracted the story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later, a statement from Editor-in-Chief Tommy Evans said NPR regretted the error and the confusion it may have caused.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to a misunderstanding, NPR\u2019s Supreme Court and Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg incorrectly reported that Justice Samuel Alito had retired. Neither Justice Alito nor the Supreme Court Public Information Office has announced his retirement,\u201d Evans said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs soon as the error was realized, the story was retracted and removed from NPR\u2019s website and an on-air correction was broadcast. We regret the error and any confusion this may have caused,\u201d Evans said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=18958\">As wildfires worsen, Trump administration revives discredited policy to stomp out all fires quickly<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He added that Totenberg would address the issue on Tuesday\u2019s edition of \u201cAll Things Considered,\u201d and that she had reached out to Alito to apologize.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NPR had pulled the story after the Supreme Court\u2019s public information office denied the report earlier Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>On a busy day for the court. Chief Justice John Roberts had announced the retirement of several court employees, as he customarily does after the court\u2019s final opinions are out. But Alito\u2019s name was not among them.<\/p>\n<p>Speculation had swirled about the justice\u2019s future plans earlier this year, but Fox News and CBS reported this spring that he planned to remain on the bench.<\/p>\n<p>Alito has been on the court since 2006, when he replaced Justice Sandra Day O\u2019Connor. He was nominated by President George W. Bush, a Republican.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=18950\">Forecasters cite \u2018dangerous\u2019 conditions as heat scorches Midwest while on its way to the East<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NPR has retracted an article that incorrectly reported Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was retiring. 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