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No one failed harder during COVID than our media

Anthony Fauci’s recent appearance before Congress is a good reminder that his reign of error during COVID would not have been possible without a deeply partisan and starstruck press. As Fauci sat last week before members of Congress, pleading the Fifth Amendment and wriggling in his seat like a toddler, one could not help but…

The Hill By Becket Adams, opinion contributor Aug 3, 2026, 11:00 AM Captured Aug 3, 2026, 11:22 AM

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Anthony Fauci’s recent appearance before Congress is a good reminder that his reign of error during COVID would not have been possible without a deeply partisan and starstruck press.

As Fauci sat last week before members of Congress, pleading the Fifth Amendment and wriggling in his seat like a toddler, one could not help but be reminded that this man was sold to the public as a real-life, living saint.

He was treated as a savior — even as he lied through his teeth.

Fauci said he had “nothing to do” with the disastrous pandemic-era school closures, challenging critics to “show me a school that I shut down.” But his own diary reveals the truth.

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B 20/100 risk

Grade B reflects 20/100 framing risk from decision pressure, editorial voice; each finding below is tied to stored wording.

Report confidence: 82%
Content format: straight news
Evidence findings: 3
Sentences checked: 45
Method: origin-framing-v2

Outlet context is separate center (0, 60% confidence). This profile does not change the article grade.

Evidence behind the grade

Decision pressurebody

+12 · 82% confidence

But there is no reason those who helped prop up his cult of personality should.

The wording urges a conclusion or action rather than only describing the reported facts.

Editorial voicebody

+4 · 68% confidence

U.S. newsrooms even degraded themselves to the point of praising Russia’s and China’s obviously bogus claims about driving down infection numbers through ridiculous, cartoonishly authoritarian measures that in real life probably killed far more people than they saved. “How uncomfortable is it,” asked former Meet the Press anchor Chuck Todd, “that perhaps China’s authoritarian ways did prevent this?

The sentence states an evaluation in the narrator's voice instead of attributing it to a named source. The cue appears in attributed or quoted language, so its score is reduced.

Editorial voicebody

+4 · 68% confidence

Meaning, had China been a free and open society, this might have spread faster?” Note that not only were China’s claims about stopping the spread obviously false, but the virus he was referring to originated in and spread to the rest of the world from China.

The sentence states an evaluation in the narrator's voice instead of attributing it to a named source. The cue appears in attributed or quoted language, so its score is reduced.

Useful context, not penalties

Attributed claims 5
Attribution helps readers distinguish a source's claim from the article narrator's own assertion.

Fauci said he had “nothing to do” with the disastrous pandemic-era school closures, challenging critics to “show me a school that I shut down.” But his own diary reveals the truth.
Uncertainty qualifiers 2
Qualifiers such as may, might, or reportedly are disclosed as technique but do not add framing-risk points by themselves.

As Fauci sat last week before members of Congress, pleading the Fifth Amendment and wriggling in his seat like a toddler, one could not help but…
Attributed framing cues 2
Attributed or quoted cues remain visible, but their score contribution is reduced to avoid assigning a speaker's wording to the reporter.

U.S. newsrooms even degraded themselves to the point of praising Russia’s and China’s obviously bogus claims about driving down infection numbers through ridiculous, cartoonishly authoritarian measures that in real life probably killed far more people than they saved. “How uncomfortable is it,” asked former Meet the Press anchor Chuck Todd, “that perhaps China’s authoritarian ways did prevent this?

What this grade does and does not mean

This grade evaluates wording and reader-steering cues, not factual accuracy.
The outlet's general profile is separate context and does not affect this article grade.
Potential omissions require comparison with other reporting and are not graded from one article alone.