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Hochul office posts Aaron Rodgers injury photo after Katie Zacharia's debut

The post, shared on October 13, 2026, appeared to mock the new White House press secretary while her past resignation over a harassment allegation remains unmentioned.

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What this story says

  • Katie Zacharia started as White House press secretary on 13 October 2026.
  • New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s press office posted a photo of Aaron Rodgers’ Jets injury that appeared to mock Zacharia.
  • Social media users criticised the post as out of touch and insulting to New Yorkers.
  • Zacharia previously resigned as Hochul’s press secretary in July 2025 after a sexual harassment allegation, with the investigation described as substantially complete.

Who covered it

Left 0%(0)Centre 0%(0)Right 100%(6)

Percentages are shares of the 6 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. Coverage measured .

Trust

68/100

Craft

59/100

Hype

30/100

6 sources · methodology

Thin on the left so far

None of the 6 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.

This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.

On 13 October 2026 Katie Zacharia took up the role of White House press secretary. The White House announced her debut on the podium that morning.

Later the same day the New York governor’s press office shared an image showing Aaron Rodgers, quarterback of the New York Jets, with a visible injury. The caption and timing led observers to read the post as a mockery of Zacharia’s first appearance in the role.

Twitter users responded with comments calling the post “dumb”, “out of touch” and insulting to a large portion of New Yorkers. Several users referenced the governor’s earlier scandal involving her former press secretary.

Zacharia had left her position as Hochul’s press secretary in July 2025 after a sexual harassment allegation, and the related investigation was reported as substantially complete.

“Your new White House Press Sec, @KatieZacharia, makes her debut at the podium.”

— White House

Omissions

No left‑ or centre‑rated outlets ran this story, creating a blind spot in coverage. None of the right‑rated digests mention Zacharia’s prior resignation and the investigation’s completion.

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 9 times, most recently on 14 Oct 2026, 03:30, and will add the sides that appear.

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

0 rated outlets

No outlet rated left has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.

Centre

0 rated outlets

No outlet rated centre has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.

Right

6 rated outlets

  • All six right‑rated outlets reported that Hochul’s office posted the Rodgers injury photo on the day Zacharia debuted. The reports highlighted the perception that the post mocked the new press secretary and included social‑media reactions describing the governor’s action as “dumb” and “out of touch". The full Twitchy article quoted the White House’s announcement tweet, "Your new White House Press Sec, @KatieZacharia, makes her debut at the podium."

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Hochul office posts Aaron Rodgers injury photo after Katie Zacharia's…?
Of the 6 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 0% are rated centre, 100% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Hochul office posts Aaron Rodgers injury photo after Katie Zacharia's… left or right?
Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 6 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
Is the coverage of Hochul office posts Aaron Rodgers injury photo after Katie Zacharia's… biased?
Hochul office posts Aaron Rodgers injury photo after Katie Zacharia's debut is one event reported by 6 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 Hochul office posts Aaron Rodgers injury photo after Katie Zacharia's…?
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 Hochul office posts Aaron Rodgers injury photo after Katie Zacharia's…?
6 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.
When did Katie Zacharia become White House press secretary?
Katie Zacharia began her role as White House press secretary on 13 October 2026, as announced by the White House in a tweet posted that morning.
What did Governor Hochul’s press office post on that day?
The press office shared a photograph of New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers with an injury, which many interpreted as a jab at the new press secretary’s debut.
What was Zacharia’s previous position and why did she leave?
Zacharia served as Governor Hochul’s press secretary until July 2025, when she resigned after a sexual harassment allegation; the investigation into the claim was described as substantially complete.
Which outlets covered the story?
Six right‑leaning outlets ran the story: Twitchy (full report), wfmd.com, nytimespost.com, WVII / Fox Bangor, democraticaccent.com and Fox News, all publishing digests except Twitchy, which provided a full article.

Read it at the source

6 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

0

No outlet in this group ran the story.

Centre

0

No outlet in this group ran the story.

Right

6

Not rated

0

No outlet in this group ran the story.

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