NPR's Fake News Scandal Even Has Dems Scratching Heads

Written By BlabberBuzz | Thursday, 20 January 2022 04:45 PM
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NPR's Fake News Scandal Even Has Dems Scratching Heads

NPR published a story on Tuesday claiming that Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch declined to wear a mask despite concerns from Justice Sotomayor, who has diabetes. The only problem with the story is that it seems to be false.

According to the story, which Nina Totenberg wrote, court sources told the outlet that Sotomayor felt unsafe near others, particularly those who are unmasked. Chief Justice John Roberts, understanding that, instructed the other judges and court employees to mask up. As the report goes, Gorsuch was the only one to reject the instruction.

"Sotomayor has diabetes, a condition that puts her at high risk for serious illness, or even death, from COVID-19. She has been the only justice to wear a mask on the bench since last fall when, amid a marked decline in COVID-19 cases, the justices resumed in-person arguments for the first time since the onset of the pandemic," the NPR report states.

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"Now, though, the situation had changed with the omicron surge, and according to court sources, Sotomayor did not feel safe in close proximity to people who were unmasked. Chief Justice John Roberts, understanding that, in some form asked the other justices to mask up."

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"They all did. Except Gorsuch, who, as it happens, sits next to Sotomayor on the bench. His continued refusal since then has also meant that Sotomayor has not attended the justices' weekly conference in person, joining instead by telephone," wrote Totenberg, who proceeds to state that Gorsuch's repeated denial to mask up has provoked Sotomayor to work remotely, out of the office.

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As detailed by Fox News’s Shannon Bream, the story is false. A source at the Supreme Court announced that Roberts had been no such demand that the other judges start wearing masks to arguments. The source informed the Fox News journalist that Sotomayor made no such requests for Gorsuch to mask up, either.

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"I'm told that given that fact, there was also no refusal by Justice Gorsuch," reported Bream. "The justices are all vaccinated and boosted and they do a test before taking the bench for arguments."

Bream's report was corroborated by Mike Davis, a former law clerk for Justice Gorsuch and founder of the Internet Accountability Project.

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"The Chief never asked his colleagues to mask up, for any reason," wrote Davis. "Mark Joseph Stern's spouse works in the Supreme Court press office. So he knows — or should know — that he's spreading misinformation."

"The Supreme Court press office announced that Sotomayor was doing arguments remotely *before* anyone was even in the courtroom," Davis continued. "To do oral argument remotely requires the IT team to set up the microphone and speakers in their office. That's not something they can do in 5 minutes."

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