The Supreme Court reporter, with a new memoir 'Dinners with Ruth' that celebrates that relationship, has thrust herself into a debate over a basic tenet of journalism and recalled the long history of how Washington leaders and their chroniclers co-exist.
“I worry about how this will reinforce for many people that most journalists’ loyalties are not with the public,” McBride said in an interview. “I don’t believe that for a second. I don’t believe that’s true for Nina. But the perception is very important.”openly offered advice and texted concerns
She told The Associated Press that she repeatedly reminded NPR audiences that she and Ginsburg had been longtime friends, and talks about it in detail in her book. Ginsburg was special, though. Totenberg met her professionally before the jobs that defined them, and their friendship deepened with time. The justice presided over Totenberg’s marriage to her husband, David Reines, a surgeon who later gave Ginsburg confidential medical advice.
“There’s never been a time when journalism was not deeply personal in Washington,” said Garrett Graff, former editor in chief of the Washingtonian magazine. Leaders and journalists are neighbors, guests at the same dinner parties, soccer moms and dads on the same sidelines, he said. McBride received some internal pushback when she wrote two years ago that NPR hadn’t done enough to tell listeners about these relationships, but none from external sources. And she feels the same way now.It’s hard to calculate harm in a situation like this — much of it is with appearances — although McBride said she’s never found an example of when Totenberg did a negative story about Ginsburg.
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