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No, COVID-19 vaccines don’t increase miscarriage rates
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Extra Extra has grouped 6 reports on this story from 6 news outlets across the political spectrum. By political lean, that breaks down as 4 left-leaning, 1 center, and 1 right-leaning sources.
Its coverage-diversity score of 79 out of 100 means the story is being reported across multiple parts of the spectrum, though the volume leans toward one side.
On reliability, 3 of the 6 rated outlets carry a high or mostly-factual reliability rating (A or B) and 3 outlets fall into our mixed or lower-reliability tier (C or D). Ratings are drawn from independent assessments and are meant to help you weigh each report, not to tell you which to trust.
Coverage of this story has developed over roughly 21 hours, so the perspectives below capture how the framing shifted as the story matured.
Below, the same story is laid out side by side as left, center, and right outlets reported it. Read across the columns and watch what changes: the headline emphasis, which facts lead, the adjectives, and what each side leaves out. The story itself rarely changes — the framing almost always does.
Outlets covering this story: The 19th, MSNBC, NPR, Zeteo, RFI (English), Washington Examiner.
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The 19thBAug 13, 8:00 PM
No, COVID-19 vaccines don’t increase miscarriage rates
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican, has revived a years-old inaccurate theory that COVID-19 vaccines are linked to higher rates of miscarriages. As part of a Senate investigation into forme
MSNBCCAug 14, 1:43 PM
Leading Republicans push brazen falsehood on Covid vaccines and miscarriages
Those wondering about the best course should trust the science, not bogus claims from Ted Cruz and Lisa McClain. The post Leading Republicans push brazen falsehood on Covid vaccines and miscarriages a
NPRAAug 14, 4:37 PM
Is there a summer COVID-19 surge this year? Yep, it's ramping up again
Just like all previous summers since the pandemic began, COVID-19 cases are ticking up again, even while other health threats make more headlines.
ZeteoCAug 13, 9:25 PM
Did COVID-19 Actually Come From a Lab? Two Top Scientists Debate Its Origins
Anti-science Republicans are once again asserting that COVID-19 came from a lab. But does the 'lab leak' theory have any actual scientific merit? Doctors Angela Rasmussen and Ashish Jha discuss.
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