off the bench, but i m glad to see, it s much more important than my reporting and they decided to come out and set the record straight. i think it s clear. npr and they would like to stand by the story and say that they do but, the chief had in some way and some form asked folks to match mike mask up. his statement yesterday could not be more clear and that did not happen, so i m not sure how you stand by the original reporting. emily: and that s what so curious. you did have organizational after organization of standby the reporting and try to defend justice sotomayor or and justice gorsuch come out. maddow here is, that s not what the reporting said. he said the chief justice asked him, and then you have david guida, passing along a statement from two justices that is at best fault without any context, and the face of the