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Center baseline · Washington's Top News (WTOP)Mostly FactualFauci repeatedly invokes the Fifth Amendment in a contentious Senate committee hearing
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What happenedFauci repeatedly invokes the Fifth Amendment in a contentious Senate committee hearing.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Fauci invokes 5th in hearing, citing Rand Paul's "unhinged obsession"". The right frames it as "More COVID Hearing Fireworks: Rand Paul Schools Fauci Sycophant 'Da Nang Dick' Blumenthal...".
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15 sources across Left, Center, and Right all describe the same event.
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WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED
Left / center-leftFauci invokes 5th in hearing, citing Rand Paul's "unhinged obsession"
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CenterFauci repeatedly invokes the Fifth Amendment in a contentious Senate committee hearing
Washington's Top News (WTOP) · Center · News report
Right / center-rightFauci invokes Fifth Amendment as Republicans go on attack at U.S. Senate COVID hearing
National Post (Canada) · Center-right · News report
Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment as Republicans go on attack at U.S. Senate COVID hearing
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Fauci invokes 5th in hearing, citing Rand Paul's "unhinged obsession"
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Fauci repeatedly invokes the Fifth Amendment in a contentious Senate committee hearing
In response to angry, sometimes mocking, questions from Republican senators, Dr. Fauci declined to answer more than 50 times during the Senate hearing.
Fauci repeatedly invokes the Fifth Amendment in a contentious Senate committee hearing
In response to angry, sometimes mocking, questions from Republican senators, Dr. Fauci declined to answer more than 50 times during the Senate hearing.
Fauci repeatedly invokes the Fifth Amendment in a contentious Senate committee hearing
In response to angry, sometimes mocking, questions from Republican senators, Dr. Fauci declined to answer more than 50 times during the Senate hearing.
Fauci repeatedly invokes the Fifth Amendment in a contentious Senate committee hearing
In response to angry, sometimes mocking, questions from Republican senators, Dr. Fauci declined to answer more than 50 times during the Senate hearing.
Fauci repeatedly invokes the Fifth Amendment in a contentious Senate committee hearing
In response to angry, sometimes mocking, questions from Republican senators, Dr. Fauci declined to answer more than 50 times during the Senate hearing.
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