Thomas Friedman Is as Clueless About The Supreme Court as He Is About the Middle East

Eighty-two-year-old Nina Totenberg had the 2026 prize for most embarrassingly false Supreme Court coverage published in a legacy media outlet nearly wrapped up with her June NPR report claiming, incorrectly, that Justice Alito had retired. Yet Thomas Friedman’s insatiable appetite for journalism prizes is apparently such that he isn’t content with the three Pulitzers he has; Friedman’s latest New York Times column gives Totenberg a serious challenge for the Supreme Court inaccuracy award.