[Shiver Metimbers]

I follow a number of alt. media sites but was surprised / dismayed to see two of them mis-characterize a story with inaccurate headlines today. These are both sites that provide direct links, quotes by real (named) people, etc., and generally avoid presenting editorial/opinion as "news."

These headlines seem a bit "spun" though nowhere nearly as spun as the NYT etc. typically provide. They're not dishonest... exactly.

Washington Free Beacon (best, includes fuller exposition and the actual order):

Supreme Court Dismisses Challenge to Trump Census Order

Just the News (bare bones):
Supreme Court blocks bid to stop Trump plan to exclude illegal immigrants from census, redistricting

The complete story is that SCOTUS declined to find either "standing or ripeness of the case" - i,e. both are premature - and ordered the case back to District Court for dismissal on that basis.

The headlines seem to indicate that SCOTUS actually "ruled" on the matter, the heart of which is whether aliens here illegally can or should be counted in the Census. Nope, they ducked it, and 3 Justices dissented from the ruling on that basis. The rather important question raised was simply avoided... again.

I hope this is an outlier instance. I would hate to see previously rigorous alt. media sites fall into the same doublespeak / partisan trough in which the MSM wallow.

Finally had time to catch up on the various sites, and as usual the conservative treehouse came through with flying colors:

Supreme Court Punts Census Lawsuit into January, No Quantifiable Harm Currently Appears