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From the Right · Watch · October 22, 2026

Oct 22 · AI-found PHP flaw puts up to 70% of websites at risk as governments take sites offline to patch

Daily Wire: Morning Wire: an AI-driven security crisis (segment from 9:20)

Grade D (64/100). Reporter on what PHP is, how AI found the flaw, the early leak and unofficial fix, and what it means for users

Lehrer score 64/100 (−24 factual error: [2:16] 'Websites across the globe go dark after the National Security Agency's AI program uncovers' the flaw (headline read; the show's own report at [11:13] says a security firm's researcher found it with an OpenAI model); −12 loaded wording: [14:00] 'Very scary in many ways.' (host)). Fixed scale: 90+ A, 80s B, 70s C, 60s D, under 60 F → D.

[2:16] 'Websites across the globe go dark after the National Security Agency's AI program uncovers' the flaw (headline read; the show's own report at [11:13] says a security firm's researcher found it with an OpenAI model); [14:00] 'Very scary in many ways.' (host)

Splits: Reporter on what PHP is, how AI found the flaw, the early leak and unofficial fix, and what it means for users

  • Broken. Rule: factual error ([2:16] 'Websites across the globe go dark after the National Security Agency's AI program uncovers' the flaw (headline read; the show's own report at [11:13] says a security firm's researcher found it with an OpenAI model))
  • Broken. Rule: loaded wording ([14:00] 'Very scary in many ways.' (host))

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