Fact checks for validity are not necessarily slanted, and one could argue the validity of a claim is the core of investigative journalism. Just repeating verbatim what someone said is arguably not journalism at all.

You have a house and 5 people on 60k in Chicago… That’s crazy

Just the bullshit they fed everyone to cover up the bullshit ending. People argue this point as if it makes any difference in the quality at all, but it doesn’t.