During a December 27, 2021 call with the National Governors Association, in response to Governor Hutchinson's request that "as you look towards federal [pandemic] solutions that will help alleviate the challenge, make sure that we do not let federal solutions stand in the way of state solutions," President Biden responded that "there is no federal solution. This gets solved at a state level." His remark quickly generated substantial news coverage and commentary. How did television news cover it? The timeline below shows total mentions of his remark across CNN, MSNBC and Fox News, showing that CNN barely covered the remark and MSNBC focused on it for only a single day, while Fox News covered it heavily for several days.