We're all focusing on the wrong part of NPR's retirement announcement error.

NPR has retracted an article that incorrectly reported Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was retiring. The error was blamed on a misunderstanding.

On the final day of the Supreme Court's session, National Public Radio quickly retracted an article Tuesday that incorrectly reported that Justice Samuel Alito was retiring,…

Reporter Nina Totenberg called the incorrect report ‘the worst professional mistake of my more than 50 years of journalism.’

NPR’s eminent Supreme Court correspondent Nina Totenberg says she made a “rookie mistake” on Tuesday morning, and that’s why she reported that Justice Samuel Alito was retiring.

The false report, which also aired on NPR’s broadcast, stemmed from Ms. Totenberg’s misunderstanding of a statement made by Chief Justice John Roberts on the final day of the…

We're all focusing on the wrong part of NPR's retirement announcement error.