From the Left · Read · October 21, 2026
Oct 19 · Trump orders new NIH women’s health division
NBC News (Reuters): Trump launches women’s health initiative at National Institutes of Health
Reuters copy, via NBC News
Grade F (58/100). Order plus record on health cuts
Lehrer score 58/100 (−18 unnamed source/unsourced figure: unattributed “reportedly”: “reportedly is moving to allow political appointees to control health-research funding”; −24 own-voice claim/analysis: own-voice causal claim, unsourced: “removed a longstanding safety warning from many hormone replacement therapy products, tightening supplies and leading to shortages”). Fixed scale: 90+ A, 80s B, 70s C, 60s D, under 60 F → F.
Context leans on the administration's cuts: “reportedly is moving to allow political appointees to control health-research funding”; “removed a longstanding safety warning from many hormone replacement therapy products, tightening supplies and leading to shortages”.
Agrees: Task force under Wiles and Kennedy; new NIH division
Splits: Adds NIH cuts, mifepristone review and Title X
- Met. Rule: assume there is at least one other side (medical groups and anti-abortion groups)
- Broken. Rule: no anonymous sources or blind quotes except on rare and monumental occasions (“reportedly is moving to allow political appointees to control health-research funding”)
- Broken. Rule: carefully separate and label opinion and analysis (“removed a longstanding safety warning from many hormone replacement therapy products, tightening supplies and leading to shortages”)
Same story: The Free Press, The Daily Wire