{"publisher":{"name":"MediaBias News","url":"https://mediabias.news","methodology":"https://mediabias.news/methodology","editorialPrinciples":"https://mediabias.news/editorial-principles","corrections":"https://mediabias.news/corrections"},"scoreGuide":{"trust":"How well corroborated and evidenced the source reporting is. 0-100, higher is better.","critic":"Craft quality of the source journalism: context, balance, fact vs comment. 0-100, higher is better.","hype":"How far the source presentation runs ahead of substance. 0-100, LOWER IS BETTER.","scope":"Scores assess the original reporting this article was written from, not the truth of the underlying event and not the quality of this write-up."},"assessmentGuide":{"type":"coverage-and-source-reporting-analysis","factCheck":{"status":"not-performed","note":"Media Bias News compares coverage and scores the source reporting. 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The messages were obtained by the Senate Homeland Security Committee.","category":"Health","area":"United States","publishedAt":"2026-08-10T19:25:27.130Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-08-10T18:49:02.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-10T19:25:27.130Z","readTime":"4 min read","scores":{"trust":76,"critic":75,"hype":30,"notes":{"trust":"Named sources, quoted texts, dates, figures, and Senate committee document raise trust to 76.","critic":"Clear facts, specific data, and noted unknowns give critic score 75.","hype":"Headline is mildly sensational but body matches, yielding hype score 30."}},"tags":["#COVID19Vaccine","#AnthonyFauci","#SenateInvestigation","#PublicHealth","#MiscarriageRisk"],"entities":["Anthony Fauci","Rand Paul","Ron Johnson","Rochelle Walensky","Vivek Murthy","Senate Homeland Security Committee"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["Anthony Fauci sent a text on 25 January 2021 expressing concern that cytokine storm and fever after the second COVID-19 vaccine dose could theoretically be linked to first-trimester miscarriage.","The texts were released by Senators Rand Paul and Ron Johnson from over 34,000 messages obtained by the Senate Homeland Security Committee.","Fauci publicly stated on 3 February 2021 that the FDA had found no red flags for pregnant women receiving the vaccine.","The Senate committee noted only three contacts are listed on Fauci’s phone, and it is unclear whether any data has been deleted."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"On 25 January 2021, Anthony Fauci sent a text message to then-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy. In it, he wrote that fever and cytokine storm after the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine could theoretically be associated with miscarriage in the first trimester. The message was part of a batch of over 34,000 texts and 522 voicemails obtained from Fauci’s government-issued phone by the Senate Homeland Security Committee."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The texts were released by Senators Rand Paul and Ron Johnson. The committee’s statement noted that only three contacts are listed on Fauci’s phone, and it is too early to determine whether any data has been deleted. On 3 February 2021, Fauci publicly stated that the FDA had found no red flags regarding the vaccine’s safety for pregnant women."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"No left- or centre-rated outlet ran this story. None of the right-rated digests mentioned the Senate committee’s statement that only three contacts are listed on Fauci’s phone, or the uncertainty over whether data has been deleted."}],"basedOn":[{"sourceName":"The Last Refuge","url":"https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/08/10/senator-ron-johnson-reveals-fauci-texts-and-horrific-vaccine-induced-abortion-rate-hidden-within-the-data","headline":"Senator Ron Johnson Reveals Fauci Texts and Horrific Vaccine Induced Abortion Rate Hidden Within the Data","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-08-10T20:19:22.000Z"},{"sourceName":"WND","url":"https://wnd.com/2026/08/clearly-deception-bombshell-fauci-text-messages-reveal-shocking","headline":"‘Clearly a deception’: Bombshell Fauci text messages reveal shocking admission about COVID-shot dangers * WorldNetDaily * by Joe Kovacs","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-08-10T20:09:08.000Z"},{"sourceName":"illinoisreview.com","url":"https://illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/08/revealed-fauci-privately-raised-miscarriage-concern-over-second-covid-vaccine-dose-in-pregnant-women.html","headline":"REVEALED: Fauci Privately Raised Miscarriage Concern Over Second COVID Vaccine Dose in Pregnant Women","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-08-10T19:11:13.000Z"},{"sourceName":"New York Post","url":"https://nypost.com/2026/08/10/us-news/fauci-warned-of-miscarriage-risk-linked-to-covid-vaccine-while-publicly-claiming-no-issues-newly-released-texts-show","headline":"Fauci privately warned of miscarriage risk linked to COVID vaccine while publicly claiming no issues, newly released texts show","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-08-10T18:49:02.000Z"},{"sourceName":"The Gateway Pundit","url":"https://thegatewaypundit.com/2026/08/breaking-senators-johnson-rand-paul-release-first-batch","headline":"BREAKING: Senators Johnson and Rand Paul Release First Batch of Texts From Fauci’s Covid-Era iPhone That Reveals Shocking Admission About Pregnant Women * The Gateway Pundit * by Cristina Laila","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-08-10T18:40:05.000Z"},{"sourceName":"Just the News","url":"https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/ron-johnson-rand-paul-release-first-batch-texts-faucis-phone","headline":"Ron Johnson, Rand Paul release first batch of texts from Fauci's phone","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-08-10T18:30:00.000Z"},{"sourceName":"Wispolitics.com","url":"https://wispolitics.com/2026/u-s-sen-johnson-senators-johnson-paul-release-initial-texts-from-dr-faucis-government-iphone","headline":"U.S. Sen. 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