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If Nina Totenberg accidentally published her pre-write before she was supposed to and blew Alito's retirement announcement, I am going to die laughing at my desk

Joe Patrice@joepatrice.bsky.social

So according to the folks on the scene in SCOTUSBlog's chat, "The PIO just checking with Nina in the broadcast booth and Nina says this is a mistake and they are taking it down."

RIP me but I had a good run

Mike Scarcella@mikescarcella.bsky.social

I pulled a PDF of the article before NPR took it down, take a look for yourself. It's all a pre-write with quotes already in there, nothing in the content hinged on anything he was saying or doing today. Nina Totenberg just hit PUBLISH in the CMS too soon. drive.google.com/file/d/1MaZY...

drive.google.comJustice Samuel Alito, who wrote the opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, retires : NPR.pdf

30/6/26, 3:13 pm121 reposts575 likes

Nope Notgonnatellya

@nopenotgonnatellya.bsky.social

Journalist here. In most newsrooms she wouldn’t be the one clicking publish herself. Especially given that she was at the court when it went live, this was probably a copy desk error or something pre-scheduled by a format editor. she’s likely not the one clicking publish in the CMS from her phone.

greg macdougall (613)

@equitableeducation.ca

Yeah, journalists on substack who publish their own stories is quite a different thing than large media outlets who have editors and other staffers who aren't the people originally writing the stories.

@roncampbell.bsky.social

Agreed. At large news organizations, reporters never - repeat never - push the "Publish" button. Editors do that. Somebody jumped the gun on the Alito retirement story, but it wasn't Nina Totenberg.

maree0321.bsky.social

@maree0321.bsky.social

Good time for a reminder that McConnell held off Obama's Supreme Court nominee for 286 days. “All we are doing is following the long-standing tradition of not fulfilling a nomination in the middle of a presidential year.” Let that tradition continue until 2029. Tradition has no meaning.

@gidgetfuentes.bsky.social

Embargoed, likely

@inqilab.bsky.social

This is how you lose trust and followers.

@tarastelluto.bsky.social

Lol like Nina Totenberg would have any idea how to use the CMS. This was a staffer.

@realbrucy.bsky.social

Like when the AP killed off Bob Hope way back when

Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN)

@judigunn.bsky.social

As someone married to a reporter, but also someone who has *many* bones to pick with Nina Totenberg, I am alternatively chuckling and wincing.

@tomstewart.bsky.social

There has to be just a bit more to this story. They reported it on the air live as they wrapped up coverage!

firedrakelucky.bsky.social

@firedrakelucky.bsky.social

Is it a deliberate distraction? Using her to troll?

@markabuchanan.bsky.social

He has done enough.

@john-m-indy.bsky.social

I feel horrible for Nina. The next dinner party is going to be so awkward.

greg macdougall (613)

@equitableeducation.ca

For future reference it is more useful to save to @waybackmachine.bsky.social ( @archive.org ) because a PDF can be altered to be whatever someone wants it to be. Same with screenshots. Capturing an archive is gold standard of being able to demonstrate what something actually was before it changed.

greg macdougall (613)

@equitableeducation.ca

The original, before it was removed by NPR: web.archive.org/web/20260630...

web.archive.orgJustice Samuel Alito, who wrote the opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, retiresAlthough not well known outside the court, Alito played a key role in leading the conservative charge, not just on abortion, but on a host of other issues.

The Monarch Diaries

@monarchdiaries.bsky.social

Nina is great but should probably retire.

@triggerloop.bsky.social

I actually think she is Not Great

The Monarch Diaries

@monarchdiaries.bsky.social

Yeah I’m being generous because I’ve heard her voice on the radio since I was a kid. Nostalgia I guess.

@triggerloop.bsky.social

Yeah- I get it for sure but she super sucks

@eyelyon.bsky.social

I’d bet it’s coming soon but Alito may be waiting to pull the trigger until Trump decides on the replacement and gets the Senate in line to push it through. It’ll be another Amy Coney Barrett job. Just hoping it’s not Aileen Cannon or Emil Bove, because they’re both so horrible.