Dr.Anthony Fauci opened up about his relationships with various media personalities in a series of controversial diary entries that put a spotlight on the former White House COVID advisor's cozy relationship with the press. Fauci’s diary entries were released on Saturday by Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rand Paul, R-Ky., detailing the doctor’s role during the COVID-19 crisis through conversations with President Donald Trump, governors, world leaders, media appearances and his personal observations as the pandemic unfolded in 2020.
The stunning diary entries reveal that Fauci made fast friends with members of the liberal media who were tasked with covering the pandemic. Fauci’s closest media ally appeared to have been CNN anchor Jake Tapper, who was mentioned 41 times in the eyebrow-raising diary. ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN AND MS NOW IGNORE FAUCI DIARY ENTRIES THAT REVEAL FIXATION ON FAME DURING COVIDDr.Anthony Fauci opened up about his relationships with various media personalities in a series of controversial diary entries. According to the diary, Tapper texted Fauci to mock rival cable news hosts and other doctors.
On one occasion, Tapper called to check on Fauci after an appearance on his show irked Trump supporters. "Jake wanted to make sure the interview did not cause me any problems," Fauci wrote on April 13, 2020. In July 2020, Fauci gushed that he was forming a friendship with Tapper. "Had dinner over Jake Tapper and Jen Tapper’s home in DC.
Terrific couple.Friendship building," Fauci wrote, according to the diary. Later that month, Fauci wrote that he "gave Jake some questions to ask" pediatrician Brett Giroir during an interview on CNN’s "State of the Union." But Tapper would later express frustration, waking Fauci up in the process. "Tapper woke me up at 11:23 AM (I went to bed early) furius [sic] at POTUS for tweeting about the fact that Jake severly [sic] questioned Brett Giroir on SOTU CNN show today.
Jake was really...