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MSNBC onscreen text falsely put Alito in majority on anti-discrimination case

January 10, 2006 7:20 pm ET

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SUMMARY: During MSNBC's live coverage of Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s confirmation hearing, scrolling onscreen text falsely suggested that Alito was in the majority in the Bray v. Marriott anti-discrimination case. In fact, Alito dissented in the decision that reversed the lower court's ruling on the case.

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