RFK Jr was right to confront CNN over Fauci coverage, say network was 'scaring people' during COVID-19

Fauci came across as a remarkable narcissist, someone obsessed with his own instant and surprising fame.He chronicled each and every media appearance, celebrating anytime a legacy outlet wrote yet another glowing, reverential profile.

He spoke excitedly about his friendships with celebrities like Joan Baez and Barbra Streisand, saying that he and Baez were made for each other.Importantly, he also said completely different things privately than he was saying publicly.He acknowledged in his diary that the lab leak was not only possible, but likely.

He admitted that he wanted masks mandated because people were wearing them anyway and the CDC had pushed it.He knew closures weren't working, saying that cases were rising and falling irrespective of policy.

He even fretted about potentially contacting COVID-19 at an event that required proof of vaccination.Then went on to demand more vaccine mandates and passports afterward anyway.ANTHONY FAUCI'S PRIVATE DIARY AND EMAILS SHOW HE KNEW LOCKDOWNS FAILED AND PUSHED MASKS WITHOUT EVIDENCEFormer NIH Director Anthony Fauci testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in Washington, D.C., on July 29, 2026.

Fauci was expected to be questioned about his diary entries during his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.(Getty Images)Fauci came out looking well, awful, to put it mildly.

The only entity that came out looking worse? That same legacy media.CNN's Jake Tapper is mentioned several times, including sharing multiple dinners.One in October 2020, just before Fauci demanded Americans shut down Thanksgiving.

OutKick reached out to Tapper's PR rep to see if that "friendship" impacted his coverage, and despite his public demonstrations of concern over "transparency," they declined to comment.Another person mentioned? CNN's Dana Bash.Bash, according to Fauci, had texted him to say that he was "a better man" than Rep.

Jim Jordan after their heated exchange, then adding that CNN compatriot Wolf Blit...