NPR credibility = 0 (and falling)

Even after Sotomayor and Gorsuch released a statement calling NPR’s report “false”,  even after it was refuted by the Chief Justice himself, NPR is sticking to their story. Their claim?

“No one has challenged the broader focus of Totenberg’s original story, which asserts that the justices in general are not getting along well. The controversy over the anecdotal lead, which was intended to be illustrative, has overwhelmed the uncontested premise of the story.”

I’ve two point to make here:

1) In their statement responding to NPR’s story, Sotomayor and Gorsuch specifically said:

“While we may sometimes disagree about the law, we are warm colleagues and friends,” the statement read. 

That sounds like a pretty clear challenge to the story line “…the justices in general are not getting along well.” Uncontested premise? I don’t think so…

2) Anecdotal leads meant to be illustrative must be demonstrably true. That the facts – as supplied by firsthand participants rather than Totenberg’s vague, unidentified “sources” – are of little concern to NPR should be of grave concern to their readers.

By continuing to stand by this story, NPR has shown its true colors: that of a political propagandist; a tool of the administration for sowing dissent. They should be treated as such, and their work given little if any credence.