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The incident followed a Senate committee vote to hold Fauci in contempt, with outlets on the right and left reporting the gesture but differing in emphasis and framing.","category":"Politics","area":"United States","publishedAt":"2026-08-08T03:45:45.282Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-08-07T16:30:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-08T03:45:45.282Z","readTime":"4 min read","scores":{"trust":60,"critic":77,"hype":65,"notes":{"trust":"Trust 60: multiple independent digests name Christine Grady and specific time/location, but lack primary sources or documents.","critic":"Critic 77: provides context of Senate vote, includes specific names and location, but no direct quotes or replies.","hype":"Hype 65: headlines are sensational, overstating drama relative to brief digest content."}},"tags":["#USPolitics","#AnthonyFauci","#SenateContemptVote","#MediaBias","#WashingtonDC"],"entities":["Christine Grady","Anthony Fauci","Washington, DC","Senate committee","Georgetown University"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["Christine Grady, wife of Dr. Anthony Fauci, gave the middle finger to a photographer outside their Washington, DC home on 7 August 2026.","The gesture occurred hours after a Senate committee voted to hold Dr. Fauci in contempt for refusing to testify.","The home where the incident took place is valued at $2.4 million, a detail included in some but not all reports.","No centre-rated outlet covered the story, according to the reports available."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Christine Grady, wife of Dr. Anthony Fauci, raised her middle finger to a photographer outside their home in Washington, DC on 7 August 2026. The incident took place hours after a Senate committee voted to hold Fauci in contempt for refusing to testify. The couple’s home is valued at $2.4 million."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Fauci was seen earlier that day taking out recycling, described as looking sullen by the New York Post, as reported by Raw Story. The gesture by Grady was captured by a photographer stationed outside the property. The timing of the incident linked it directly to the Senate vote."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"No centre-rated outlet ran the story, according to the reports available. None of the right-rated digests mentioned Grady’s professional role at Georgetown University, a detail included in Raw Story’s digest. 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