Did Nina Totenberg Have a Conflict of Interest in Covering Justice Ginsburg? Based upon Totenberg’s new book, a prominent legal ethicist thinks the conflict was a real one.

“…To protect Ginsburg from surprises, Totenberg routinely alerted her in advance to the topics she intended to cover, which is generally prohibited by NPR’s Ethics Handbook…

…NPR’s management evidently decided that Totenberg’s star quality justified the risk…”