CORONA ‘It is False’ – Justices Gorsuch, Sotomayor and Roberts Rebuke NPR’s Report About Masking Feud #MaskGate

Macgyver

Has No Life - Lives on TB
I know we had a thread on the original story but I can't find it.



‘It is False’ – Justices Gorsuch, Sotomayor and Roberts Rebuke NPR’s Report About Masking Feud #MaskGate

By Cristina Laila
Published January 19, 2022 at 1:43pm
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Supreme Court justices Neil Gorsuch and Sonia Sotomayor disputed NPR’s reporting on a so-called masking feud.
“Reporting that Justice Sotomayor asked Justice Gorsuch to wear a mask surprised us. It is false. While we may sometimes disagree about the law, we are warm colleagues and friends,” Gorsuch and Sotomayor said in a joint statement to the media.
NEW: A statement from Justices Sotomayor and Gorsuch:
“Reporting that Justice Sotomayor asked Justice Gorsuch to wear a mask surprised us. It is false. While we may sometimes disagree about the law, we are warm colleagues and friends.”
— Adam Liptak (@adamliptak) January 19, 2022

Chief Justice Roberts chimed in and said he never asked Gorsuch or any other justice to wear a mask on the bench.
MORE JUST IN on Maskgate, this time from the Chief Justice: “I did not request Justice Gorsuch or any other Justice to wear a mask on the bench.”
— Robert Barnes (@scotusreporter) January 19, 2022

On Tuesday NPR reported Justice Sonia Sotomayor is still working remotely because fellow justice Neil Gorsuch refuses to wear a face mask.
Triple vaxxed Sotomayor, 67, is overweight and has diabetes so she is at high risk for severe illness or death from Covid.
“It was pretty jarring earlier this month when the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court took the bench for the first time since the omicron surge over the holidays. All were now wearing masks. All, that is, except Justice Neil Gorsuch. What’s more, Justice Sonia Sotomayor was not there at all, choosing instead to participate through a microphone setup in her chambers.” NPR’s Nina Totenberg reported.
“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.” Totenberg said.
 

ioujc

MARANTHA!! Even so, come LORD JESUS!!!
Ah no>>>>>>NPR wouldn't lie now WOULD they!!??

Oh my GOODNESS!!>>>>Just WHO CAN you trust!!?? Not one single news outlet or politician that I know of>>>>>MAYBE DeSantis and Trump>>>>MAYBE??!!
 

Thinwater

Firearms Manufacturer
It must have been one huge whopper of a lie for all 3 justices to come out and say so. It was made up from whole cloth like most of their reporting. Either that or 3 justices including the chief judge are lying about something that really does not matter.

I'll go with NPR lying for $500.
 

Capt. Senile

Contributing Member
I thought the article headline I saw said Sotomayor wouldn't do oral cause Gorsuch wouldn't wear a mask.
I really need to keep my glasses handy and my mind out of the gutter.
 

Macgyver

Has No Life - Lives on TB
Oh and now npr is doubling down on the lie.


NPR Reporter Furious Over Supreme Court Rebuke of Outlet's Story on Masking Feud, Implies Justices Lied #MaskGate
Cristina Laila
2 - 3 minutes

Supreme Court justices Neil Gorsuch and Sonia Sotomayor disputed NPR reporter Nina Totenberg’s story on a so-called masking feud.

On Tuesday NPR reported Justice Sonia Sotomayor is still working remotely because fellow justice Neil Gorsuch refuses to wear a face mask.

“It was pretty jarring earlier this month when the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court took the bench for the first time since the omicron surge over the holidays. All were now wearing masks. All, that is, except Justice Neil Gorsuch. What’s more, Justice Sonia Sotomayor was not there at all, choosing instead to participate through a microphone setup in her chambers.” NPR’s Nina Totenberg reported.

“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.” Totenberg said.

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Supreme Court justices Gorsuch and Sotomayor refuted NPR’s story in a joint statement.

“Reporting that Justice Sotomayor asked Justice Gorsuch to wear a mask surprised us. It is false. While we may sometimes disagree about the law, we are warm colleagues and friends,” Gorsuch and Sotomayor said in a joint statement to the media.

Chief Justice Roberts joined in and released a rare statement to the media and said he never asked Gorsuch or any other justice to wear a mask on the bench.

NPR reporter David Gura implied the justices lied in their joint statement.

I surprised at how many Supreme Court correspondents I admire are passing along a statement from two justices that is at best false without any context whatsoever.

— David Gura (@davidgura) January 19, 2022

Nina Totenberg remained defiant and said NPR stands by her reporting.

NPR stands by my reportinghttps://t.co/eEtiNgMQet

— Nina Totenberg (@NinaTotenberg) January 19, 2022

What exactly is NPR standing by when all three people included in its original story refuted the report?

It’s time to defund NPR.
 

Knoxville's Joker

Has No Life - Lives on TB
The approach is all wrong on trying to refute this. It is making folks belive there is something there. I looked at the write up on the CMS ruling and it almost got overturned. But it does not really show the numbers so as to obfuscate that fact...
 
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