From the Right · Read · October 24, 2026
Oct 23 ยท Pike's attorney says Tennessee's IV team used about 10 needles in her failed execution
Breitbart: Attorney: Christa Pike's Executioners Used 10 Needles and Bent One During Failed Lethal Injection
Grade C (70/100). Breitbart relays Fox 35's account of the filing, including a bent needle, then spends half the story on the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer
C: Uses loaded words and leaves out key context.
- Uses loaded words (minus 12 points): 'The IV team tasked with executing murderer Christa Pike' (label in the lead sentence of a story about the execution team)
- Leaves out something important (minus 18 points): no response from the Tennessee Department of Correction or the state is given to the attorney's account
Splits: Breitbart relays Fox 35's account of the filing, including a bent needle, then spends half the story on the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer
Same story: ABC News, Straight Arrow News