Read Reporter’s Bizarre Explanation For Running With Bogus Alito Retirement Report

Longtime NPR Supreme Court reporter Nina Totenberg, 82, offered a bizarre explanation for why she ran with a false story claiming conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito had retired.

On Tuesday morning, NPR published and then retracted a professional obituary of Alito’s time on the bench.

The piece, authored by veteran SCOTUS reporter Nina Totenberg, ...