Sunny Hostin's claim of being holdout juror in 1991 Rakowitz trial is contradicted by contemporaneous reports.
Sunny Hostin stated on The View that she was the sole holdout juror in the 1991 murder trial of Daniel Rakowitz. Contemporaneous news reports identify a different juror as the holdout and quote Hostin as believing Rakowitz was guilty. Other jurors and police sources dispute her account.
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Divergence score
2 outlets covered it, splitting into 2 framing camps across 1 bias group.
2 camps
1 bias group
The spectrum · how 2 outlets placed this story
LeftCenterRight
Breitbart
NY Post
Supportive of action
Neutral
Dismissive
Critical
Alarmist
International angle
Widest split · the two outlets furthest apart, and who published first
First to report
- Breitbartfirst
- NY Post+2.6 h
By each outlet's earliest publish time in this story. Feeds that index slowly can appear later than they printed.
Headlines that changed · the same article, re-listed with a new headline
NY Post · 2026-09-24 17:37 UTC
Sunny Hostin’s claim that she was lone holdout in 1991 NYC cannibalism trial shot down by jurors, police sources
The split, in one line
Both outlets agree Hostin's story is false, but Breitbart frames it as leftists are never held accountable while the Post leads with jurors and police sources shooting down the claim.
How each outlet covered it
Lightly covered so far
Too few outlets to map a left-right split. Here is each take as it stands.
Sparse coverage · 2 outlets
“Nolte: Contemporaneous News Report Contradicts 'The View' Host Sunny Hostin's 'Holdout Juror' Tale”
“Sunny Hostin's claim that she was lone holdout in 1991 NYC cannibalism trial shot down by jurors, police sources”
5 tracked claims across 2 outlets
Fact ledger
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Claimed
Hostin told the Rakowitz story to support her argument that Lindsay Clancy should be found not guilty by reason of insanity.
Corroborated
Disputed
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