From the Right · Read · November 10, 2026
Nov 9 · The FDA orders a new warning on all GLP-1 drugs, including Ozempic and Wegovy, for a rare eye condition that can cause vision loss
New York Post: The Post leads with blindness and a 2024 study, and leaves out the drugmakers' response.
Grade C (72/100). Article: New York Post on the FDA's GLP-1 warning
Lehrer score 72/100 (starts at 85; +3 primary document linked or cited (filing, ruling, data release, statement): the FDA's Nov. 9 drug safety communication quoted: "Consider discontinuing the GLP-1 RA in patients who develop NAION"; +2 context: background or what came before: "The warning follows a 2024 study"; −6 leaves out a fact or voice the other two pieces report / one side only (rule 5/13): leaves out the drugmakers' response, which CBS News and CNBC both report (Novo Nordisk: the data "do not establish a cause-and-effect relationship"); −6 leaves out a fact or voice the other two pieces report / one side only (rule 5/13): leaves out how rare the cases were in the FDA's trial review (about 6 in 100,000), which CBS News and CNBC both report; −3 talks down to the audience: bait headline or tease the piece doesn't deliver (rule 6): headline "incurable blindness condition" for what the FDA calls a "potential increased risk of rare NAION events"; −3 entertainment framing in news: hype, stings, celebrity angle over substance (rule 16): opens with a pun: "You're going to want to keep an eye on this."). Fixed scale: 90+ A, 80s B, 70s C, 60s D, under 60 F → C.
What we checked: leaves out the drugmakers' response, which CBS News and CNBC both report (Novo Nordisk: the data "do not establish a cause-and-effect relationship"); leaves out how rare the cases were in the FDA's trial review (about 6 in 100,000), which CBS News and CNBC both report; headline "incurable blindness condition" for what the FDA calls a "potential increased risk of rare NAION events"; opens with a pun: "You're going to want to keep an eye on this."
Splits: Article: New York Post on the FDA's GLP-1 warning
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