An analysis of show transcripts was conducted to document what the authors conclude are the significant differences in the hosts’ handling of the topic early on. For example, the paper cites a Feb. 27 Hannity transcript in which the host states, “And today, thankfully, zero people in the United States of America have died from the coronavirus. Zero.” Two days earlier, Carlson was telling his viewers that it was possible a million people could die in the U.S. from it.