Jen Christensen,
Jen Christensen is an accomplished journalist with expertise in health and climate reporting. She currently serves as a producer with CNN’s Health & Climate Unit and a reporter for CNN.com. Jen has earned numerous awards throughout her career, including Peabody and DuPont awards, for her work as a producer on various documentaries and investigations. Prior to joining CNN, she worked as an investigative producer at WSOC-TV in Charlotte, N.C., managed the award-winning investigative unit at WTVQ-TV in Lexington, K.Y., and held various roles in journalism and public policy. Jen is also a co-author of two books and has served as the national president of NLGJA, the Association of LGBTQ Journalists. She holds a bachelor’s degree in TV/Radio and politics from Butler University and is currently pursuing an MFA at Bennington College.
76%
The Daily's Verdict
This author has a mixed reputation for journalistic standards. It is advisable to fact-check, scrutinize for bias, and check for conflicts of interest before relying on the author's reporting.
Bias
90%
Examples:
- Republicans grilled Fauci over a wide range of topics
- The House Oversight select subcommittee on the coronavirus pandemic previously released a series of private emails that Republicans argue show that some NIH officials deleted emails and tried to get around requirements to disclose information through public records laws
Conflicts of Interest
100%
Examples:
No current examples available.
Contradictions
85%
Examples:
- Dr. Fauci denied accusations of concealing information about a potential lab leak.
- There was a 'disconnect' between federal and local agencies during Covid-19, causing a lag in sharing data.
Deceptions
35%
Examples:
- Fauci said there was a 'disconnect between the health-care system and the public health system' during Covid-19 in the US. Specifically, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could not demand information from local agencies, which caused a lag in sharing data. 'We were at a disadvantage', Fauci said.
- The hearing was Fauci's first public testimony on Capitol Hill since his retirement from government service. It turned contentious at times as Republicans grilled Fauci over a wide range of topics, including the basis for public health recommendations during the pandemic and email use by public health officials.
- The House Oversight select subcommittee on the coronavirus pandemic previously released a series of private emails that Republicans argue show that some NIH officials deleted emails and tried to get around requirements to disclose information through public records laws. In a memo published at the end of May, committee members said Dr. David Morens, a former senior adviser at NIH, engaged in 'nefarious behavior'.
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