Whatever their motivation, ideological, personal panic, or a desire to capitalize on widespread fear, major media outlets almost immediately abandoned any pretense of journalism.Instead of holding powerful figures to account, asking tough questions, and treating experts with skepticism, they treated most authorities with reverence and deference.Nobody exemplified that special treatment more than Anthony Fauci.
Fauci, likely as a result of being viewed as the voice of Science, with a capital s, and opposition to President Donald Trump, was almost immediately given the blanket of media protection.Whatever he said was viewed as absolute truth, even when what he said was contradictory, hypocritical, or obviously false.Largely because most major media figures viewed their job during the early stages of the pandemic as promoting the "experts" and mindlessly repeating their mantras.
"Wear a mask." "Stay home, save lives." "Six feet of social distancing." "I've tested positive for COVID-19, and I'm grateful to be vaccinated." "It's proven that the virus came from the wet market, yet skeptics continue to spread racist conspiracy theories about the Wuhan Institute of Virology."GABBARD SPOTLIGHTS FAUCI, COVID-ORIGIN QUESTIONS IN FINAL ACT AS INTELLIGENCE CHIEF AMID SUCCESSION FIGHTBut a massive trove of newly declassified documents from outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard reveals that Fauci's public statements were often directly opposed to private information.So why isn't the media outraged about it?National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee about the COVID-19 response in Washington, D.C., on Nov.
4, 2021.(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)The documents contain a complete and thorough collection of documents on Fauci, and the scientific community's, involvement in the original discussions around the origins of COVID.
There's a tremendous amount of...