Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Strikes Back: Wall Street Journal Under Fire For Publishing Explosive Op-Ed

Written By BlabberBuzz | Friday, 23 June 2023 12:00 PM
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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Strikes Back: Wall Street Journal Under Fire For Publishing Explosive Op-Ed

The Wall Street Journal has faced criticism for publishing an op-ed by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in response to a hit piece by ProPublica.

The article, published on Tuesday, accused Alito of legal and ethical violations for not disclosing a fishing trip he took in 2008. However, Alito pre-emptively responded to the charges in the Wall Street Journal, explaining why the accusations were not valid.

This move generated backlash against the newspaper, with some suggesting that Alito had "cooked up" the response with the assistance of a PR firm. Politico accused Alito of having picked a "fight" with ProPublica.

The Wall Street Journal defended its actions by asserting that Alito would not have received a fair shake in the pages of ProPublica. The editorial board stated that "Justice Alito clearly wanted his defense to receive public disclosure in full, not edited piecemeal. We saw ProPublica's list of 18 questions and had a good idea of where the reporters were going." The editors also responded to media criticism, highlighting the irony of the media's one-sided defense of ProPublica.

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ProPublica omitted that the Judicial Conference changed disclosure rules earlier this year to dictate that federal judges disclose trips taken on private jets. Moreover, buried deep in the 73rd paragraph of the ProPublica story was a fact that undermined the very premise of the accusation.

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Federal Appeals Court Judge Ray Rudolph, who was on the 2008 fishing trip and another in 2005, once asked the Judicial Conference whether he needed to disclose the trips. The group advised that he did not. Rudolph even provided ProPublica with his personal notes regarding the inquiry.

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As a result, the Wall Street Journal's decision to allow Alito to respond to the accusations has been defended by the editorial board. They argued that Alito would not have received a fair hearing in ProPublica and that the newspaper's decision to publish his response in full was the right one. The media's one-sided defense of ProPublica has been criticized by the editors, who highlighted the irony of the situation.

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