🗞️ Story file #37
Supreme Court justice Alito considers retirement
Oct 3, 1 PM ET to Oct 6, 8 AM ET · 2 outlets not rated for lean
- 18outlets carried it
- 🫏7 · 3 · 6🐘left · center · right
- 2.8 dayson the front pages
- 14front pages at once, at its peak
- 12 minof TV captions
- 3radio newscasts
- 1 of 2parts of a saga
👣 How this story traveled: from the front pages that broke it, out through TV, radio and the shows, into what people retold and what fact-checkers examined, and on into the saga it is part of. Everything here is matched to the story by our tools, so a link can be wrong; the trackers' pages say how each is made.
- Oct 3, 1 PM ETfirst on a front page: Reason
- Oct 4, 10 AM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
- Oct 4, 2 PM ETpeak: on 14 front pages
- Oct 5, 7 AM ETfirst on TV: CNN
📰 Spread
the front pages that ran it, hour by hour
✏️ 2 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
- CNBC (2 wordings): “Supreme Court Justice Alito said he's 'thought about' retirement as Senate control hangs in balance” → “Supreme Court Justice Alito says he's 'thought about' retiring”
- Drudge Report (2 wordings): “Justice Alito confirms he is considering retirement” → “Alito confirms he is considering retirement... BUT WHEN?”
Every outlet's first headline (18), left to right by AllSides rating
HuffPost
Justice Alito Addresses His Possible Retirement Timeline Oct 3, 8 AM ET
The Guardian
Conservative US justice Samuel Alito hints at retirement in interview Oct 4, 7 AM ET
CBS News
Alito on deciding when to retire Oct 3, 10 AM ET
CNBC
Supreme Court Justice Alito said he's 'thought about' retirement as Senate control hangs in balance Oct 4, 2 PM ET
Drudge Report
Justice Alito confirms he is considering retirement Oct 3, 8 AM ET
New York Times
As Midterms Near, Justice Alito Says He Considers Each Year Whether to Retire Oct 4, 6 PM ET
The Independent
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito says he is considering retirement and could hand Trump another nomination Oct 3, 8 AM ET
Bloomberg
Supreme Court’s Alito Says a Democratic Senate Win Won’t Prompt Quick Retirement Alito dismissed speculation that he might quickly retire to ensure President Trump can get a successor confirmed. Oct 6, 1 AM ET
Reason
Justice Alito on Deciding When to Retire from the Court Oct 3, 1 PM ET
The Hill
Alito: ‘I thought about’ retiring at end of last term Oct 3, 12 PM ET
Washington Examiner
Alito says there’s no perfect time to retire while confirming he'll reconsider next year Oct 3, 8 AM ET
Breitbart
Alito Reveals He Considered Retirement Oct 3, 11 AM ET
Newsmax
Justice Alito: 'I Thought About' Retiring This Summer Oct 3, 8 AM ET
The Blaze
Justice Alito decries threats of political violence — and hints that he might RETIRE next year Oct 3, 8 AM ET
The Daily Wire
Justice Alito Teases Possible Retirement As Midterms Near Oct 3, 11 AM ET
The Gateway Pundit
Justice Alito Addresses Retirement Rumors (VIDEO) Oct 3, 8 AM ET
Political Wire
Alito Says He Considers Each Year Whether to Retire Oct 3, 3 PM ET
The Washington Sun
Alito Explains His Decision to Defer Retirement Oct 3, 5 PM ET
📡 Broadcast
TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it
📺 On TV
- CBS: JUSTICE ALITO CONSIDERING WHEN TO RETIRE CNN, 3 min
- ALITO CONFIRMS HE'S THINKING ABOUT RETIRING FROM SUPREME COURT CNN, 3 min
- JUSTICE ALITO CONFIRMS HE IS THINKING ABOUT RETIREMENT CNN, 2 min
- U.S. SUPREME COURT JUSTICE ALITO WEIGHS RETIREMENT AS SENATE HANGS IN BALANCE CNN, 2 min
- ALITO ADDRESSES RETIREMENT SPECULATION AS SENATE CONTROL HANGS IN BALANCE WITH 29 DAYS TO MIDTERMS CNN, 2 min
- "BEMUSED". JUSTICE ALITO REACTS TO RETIREMENT SPECULATION Fox News, 18 s
📻 On the radio
- NPR News Now, Oct 4, 10:10 PM ET: story 2 of 6
- NPR News Now, Oct 4, 2:10 PM ET: story 2 of 5
- NPR News Now, Oct 4, 10:10 AM ET: story 2 of 5
🧶 Retelling
what people online made of it
🦗 Nobody's retelling it online yet, as far as the daily reports of the last week can tell.
🗣️ names in it: Samuel Alito Supreme Court
🔎 Checking
what the fact-checkers looked into
🧐 No fact-checker has taken it on yet.
🧵 Persistence
the running story it belongs to
🧵 Alito leaks and retirement
Supreme Court justice Alito considers retirement (this story)
Oct 3, 1 PM ET
Justice Alito expresses concerns about efforts to intimidate the court
Oct 4, 4 PM ET