The Associated Press committed a random act of journalism Tuesday when they ran a story exposing how left-wing radical Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s staff pushed public institutions where she went to visit to purchase her memoirs or other books. Given the heavy interest given by the “big three” news networks on so-called conflicts of interest surrounding constitutionalist justices like Samuel Alito or Clarence Thomas, the fact that the networks refused to report on this during their evening newscasts shows they were hypocrites.
Instead, the evening newscasts ABC’s World News Tonight, CBS Evening News, and NBC Nightly News covered a disruptive passenger forcing a commercial plane to land (ABC), video of a volcano erupting in Iceland (CBS), and Leslie Van Houten’s release from prison (NBC).
.@BretBaier: "The AP reports Justice Sonia Sotomayor's staff prodded public institutions where she was set to visit to buy her memoir or her children's book...Sotomayor made at least $3.7 million from her books since joining the court in 2009." All three networks ignored this! pic.twitter.com/0UMMBGAt62
— Kevin Tober (@KevinTober94) July 11, 2023
Despite the three networks' aversion to journalism, Fox News Channel's Special Report covered the corruption by Sotomayor. It was a news brief but still better than blowing the story off like the alphabet networks did.
"The scrutiny over U.S. Supreme Court Justices is now centered on one of the progressive Justices," Special Report anchor Bret Baier reported before adding: "The Associated Press reports Justice Sonia Sotomayor's staff prodded public institutions where she was set to visit to buy her memoir or her children's book."
"The A.P. looked through more than 100 open records requests. It reports Sotomayor made at least $3.7 million from her books since joining the court in 2009," Baier revealed.
This bias by omission from the three networks was made possible by Allstate on ABC, Ensure on CBS, and Liberty Mutual on NBC. Their information is linked.
The transcript is below:
FNC’s Special Report
7/11/2023
6:30:17 p.m. EasternBRET BAIER: The scrutiny over U.S. Supreme Court Justices is now centered on one of the progressive Justices. The Associated Press reports Justice Sonia Sotomayor's staff prodded public institutions where she was set to visit to buy her memoir or her children's book. The A.P. looked through more than 100 open records requests. It reports Sotomayor made at least $3.7 million from her books since joining the court in 2009.
