Lindsay Clancy holdout juror Michael P. Desronvil asks public to focus on three children
Desronvil released a video on Fox News after the mistrial, urging attention on the victims rather than himself
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Lindsay Clancy holdout juror Michael P. Desronvil asks public to focus on three children
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What this story says
- Michael P. Desronvil released a video statement on Fox News’s “Hannity” after the mistrial.
- He asked the public to focus on the three children, Cora, Dawson and Callan, rather than on himself.
- Desronvil is staying at an undisclosed location and thanked supporters for their help.
- The story was covered by one centre‑rated outlet and seven right‑rated outlets.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 16 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 3 of the 19 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
60/100
Craft
85/100
Hype
30/100
19 sources · methodology
Missing from the left
Only 1 of the 16 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
A reader who follows the left would not have seen this. We report the absence rather than explain it: outlets choose what to cover for many reasons, and we have no evidence about which one applies here.
Michael P. Desronvil, the lone juror who maintained that former Massachusetts nurse Lindsay Clancy was guilty, appeared in a video aired on Fox News’s “Hannity” programme. In the recording he said the public’s attention should move away from him and onto the three children killed in the family’s Duxbury home in January 2023: Cora, five; Dawson, three; and Callan, eight months. Desronvil thanked God for his Catholic faith, his daughter, and the individuals who have supported him during what he described as a difficult time. He is reported to be staying at an undisclosed location while the case heads toward a status conference.
“I know the whole focus has been on me, but we want to reel everything back and put the focus on the three angels.”
What was omitted
None of the right‑rated digests mention the support fund that the New York Post reported Desronvil received. No left‑rated outlet ran the story, leaving that perspective absent from the coverage.
Coverage settled. We checked this 38 times and stopped on 4 Oct 2026, 12:15. The figures above are what it finished at.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
1 rated outlet
We have not written our reading of the left coverage of this story. The left-rated outlets that ran it are listed below.
Centre
3 rated outlets
- Internewscast highlighted the video plea as Desronvil’s first direct public remarks since the mistrial, noting his request to refocus attention on the three children. The report mentioned his undisclosed whereabouts, his gratitude to God and supporters, and quoted his exact words about the “three angels.” It also included statements from his attorney Edward Paltzik defending Desronvil against allegations from other jurors, and described the ongoing clash between Paltzik and Clancy’s defence lawyer Kevin Reddington.
Right
12 rated outlets
- The New York Post, the only right‑rated outlet with a full article, led with Desronvil’s call to shift focus to the three children and reproduced his full remarks, including his thanks to God and supporters. It added that Desronvil is a devout Catholic Haitian immigrant and noted a fund that donors created to help with his legal fees and lost work. The remaining seven right‑rated outlets provided digests that all reported the juror breaking his silence, his request to centre attention on the victims, and his status as the lone holdout juror. Several digests highlighted his race, calling him the “lone black holdout juror,” and described him as a hero who was doxxed and harassed after the mistrial.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Lindsay Clancy holdout juror Michael P. Desronvil asks public to focus…?
- Of the 16 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 6% are rated left, 19% are rated centre, 75% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 19. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Lindsay Clancy holdout juror Michael P. Desronvil asks public to focus… left or right?
- The story itself is neither. What can be counted is who has covered it, and 75% of the 16 rated outlets on it are rated right — so far this is a story carried mostly by the right. Coverage of this one has settled, so that is unlikely to move much now.
- Is the coverage of Lindsay Clancy holdout juror Michael P. Desronvil asks public to focus… biased?
- Lindsay Clancy holdout juror Michael P. Desronvil asks public to focus on three children is one event reported by 19 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Lindsay Clancy holdout juror Michael P. Desronvil asks public to focus…?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Lindsay Clancy holdout juror Michael P. Desronvil asks public to focus…?
- 19 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- Who is Michael P. Desronvil?
- Michael P. Desronvil is the sole juror who voted that Lindsay Clancy was guilty in the murder trial of her three children. After the jury returned a hung verdict, he appeared in a video on Fox News to explain his position and thank supporters.
- What did Desronvil ask the public to focus on?
- Desronvil asked the public to shift its attention from him to the three children killed in the case, referring to them as “the three angels”, Cora, five; Dawson, three; and Callan, eight months, in his video statement.
- Where is Desronvil staying now?
- Internewscast reported that Desronvil is staying at an undisclosed location, a detail not provided by the New York Post. Both outlets agree he is not publicly revealing his whereabouts following the mistrial.
- What background details did the New York Post provide?
- The New York Post described Desronvil as a devout Catholic Haitian immigrant, noted a restraining order and eviction case from his past, and reported that a fund was set up to help cover his legal fees and lost income.
Read it at the source
19 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
1Centre
3- Could Lindsay Clancy holdout juror be investigated? (opens NewsNation in a new tab)
NewsNation — is NewsNation biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Clancy Supporters Have a Screw Loose (opens Courier Journal in a new tab)
Courier Journal — is Courier Journal biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- Lindsay Clancy Holdout Juror Makes Video Plea After Mistrial (opens Internewscast in a new tab)
Internewscast — is Internewscast biased? Our profile of this outlet
Right
12- The Jury Trial Is Under Attack (opens compactmag.com in a new tab)
compactmag.com — is compactmag.com biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- Say Their Names: Cora, Dawson and Callan — Clancy Jury Holdout Speaks, and It's Beyond Powerful (opens RedState in a new tab)
RedState — is RedState biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- NEWS HEADLINES: WATCH: Lindsay Clancy Holdout Juror Makes One Request Before Next Court Hearing – 100PercentFedUp.com – by Jack (opens U-S-NEWS.COM in a new tab)
U-S-NEWS.COM — is U-S-NEWS.COM biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Lindsay Clancy holdout juror asks for public’s focus to be returned to ‘3 angels’ mom strangled (opens New York Post in a new tab)
New York Post — is New York Post biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Lindsay Clancy Holdout Juror Speaks Out for First Time After Mistrial (opens WVII / Fox Bangor in a new tab)
WVII / Fox Bangor — is WVII / Fox Bangor biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Lindsay Clancy Holdout Juror Makes One Request Before Next Court Hearing – 100PercentFedUp.com – by Jack (opens 100% FED UP! in a new tab)
100% FED UP! — is 100% FED UP! biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Lone Holdout Clancy Juror Breaks His Silence in Video Message * The Gateway Pundit * by Cristina Laila (opens The Gateway Pundit in a new tab)
The Gateway Pundit — is The Gateway Pundit biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Lindsay Clancy holdout juror asks for one thing in new video after mistrial drama - NEW YORK TIMES POST (opens nytimespost.com in a new tab)
nytimespost.com — is nytimespost.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
Show 4 more
- Lindsay Clancy holdout juror asks for one thing in new video after mistrial drama (opens wfmd.com in a new tab)
- Lindsay Clancy holdout juror asks for one thing in new video after mistrial drama (opens Fox News in a new tab)
- Lindsay Clancy Holdout Juror Publicly Speaks Out on Camera (opens WLTReport in a new tab)
- Lindsay Clancy Holdout Juror Speaks Out for First Time After Mistrial (opens TMZ in a new tab)
Not rated
3- Is It time to Repeal the 19th? (opens Helleniscope in a new tab)
Helleniscope — is Helleniscope biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- Lone Holdout in Clancy Trial Speaks: 'Put the Focus on the Three Angels" - Quick News Updates (opens quicknewsupdates.com in a new tab)
quicknewsupdates.com — is quicknewsupdates.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Lindsay Clancy Holdout Juror Reveals One Request in New Video (opens NewsFinale in a new tab)
NewsFinale — is NewsFinale biased? Our profile of this outlet
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