How outlets cover Patty Murray D · WA · SEN · Apr 21 – Apr 22, 2026
Patty Murray Questions RFK Jr. at HHS Budget Hearing
So far two left-leaning and center outlets have covered this. No right-leaning outlet has picked it up yet.
Lead article · NBC News · CENTERLive updates: RFK Jr. to testify to Congress on Trump's budgetCommunity verdict
19 VOTESSen. Patty Murray pressed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on how the government would monitor flu outbreaks among troops after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth removed the military flu-shot requirement. Kennedy defended the decision and questioned the vaccine’s effectiveness; CDC figures cited in the report show effectiveness varies by season.
Outlets by lean
2 RATEDCompare by side
How outlets portrayed Murray, by side
2 ARTICLESEach article counts once, however many sites carried it. Sides are each outlet’s published lean. How portrayal is read
Left: 1 favorable, 0 critical, 0 mixed, 0 neutral. Center: 0 favorable, 0 critical, 0 mixed, 1 neutral. Right: 0 favorable, 0 critical, 0 mixed, 0 neutral.
When each side covered it
APR 21 – 22Articles per day by side. APR 21: Left 1, Center 0, Right 0. APR 22: Left 0, Center 1, Right 0.
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- Tammy BaldwinRobert F. Kennedy Jr. Defends Health Agency Spending Cuts2 ART.
No right-leaning outlet has covered this yet. We’ll alert you when one does.No right-leaning outlet has covered this yet. We’ll alert you when one does, and when any new outlet covers it.