Eighty-two-year-old Nina Totenberg had the 2026 prize for most embarrassingly false Supreme Court coverage published in a legacy media outlet nearly wrapped up with her June NPR report claiming, incorrectly, that Justice Alito had retired. Yet Thomas Friedman’s insatiable appetite for journalism prizes is apparently su
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Eighty-two-year-old Nina Totenberg had the 2026 prize for most embarrassingly false Supreme Court coverage published in a legacy media outlet nearly wrapped up with her June NPR report claiming, incorrectly, that Justice Alito had retired. Yet Thomas Friedman’s insatiable appetite for journalism prizes is apparently su
Eighty-two-year-old Nina Totenberg had the 2026 prize for most embarrassingly false Supreme Court coverage published in a legacy media outlet nearly wrapped up with her June NPR report claiming, incorrectly, that Justice Alito had retired.
Conservative Review reported the story as "Thomas Friedman Is as Clueless About The Supreme Court as He Is About the Middle East."
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