Many involved in that national conversation have been critical of what the "Fauci diaries" revealed.That the supposedly unbiased "expert" was, in fact, anything but.
Instead, he was an arrogant, self-obsessed, fame-hungry, frequently dishonest narcissist.Other "news" outlets like CNN or MSNBC either ignored the controversy over his diary, and the many inconsistencies in it, preferring to avoid humiliating themselves for their past hero worship.ANTHONY FAUCI DIARY ENTRIES SET SOCIAL MEDIA ABLAZE AS CRITICS MOCK, CONDEMN BEHAVIORIt wasn't just the emails that caused embarrassment for Fauci and his media partners, however.Text messages released by Sen.
Ron Johnson showed that he had legitimate concerns over the possibility that COVID vaccines were causing side effects in pregnant mothers.Concerns that warranted further investigation, regardless of the outcome.Former NIH Director Anthony Fauci is sworn in before testifying to Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on July 29, 2026 in Washington, DC.
(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)Well, there are some more new text messages that should cast doubt on both Fauci's public statements and the media's all-too-willing promotion of them.One such message came from Michael Osterholm.Osterholm is an epidemiologist at the University of Minnesota, as well as a professor in the school's public health department.
Importantly, he's also the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP).CIDRAP became famous during COVID when one of their articles, published in April 2020, acknowledged the truth, that there was no evidence to support cloth masking to stop the spread of the virus.
They then were forced to issue "clarifications" when pressure became overwhelming to support masks, regardless of the data and evidence.Osterholm sent this text message in August 2021 to several people, with just their first names included.One was "Jeff," likely Jeff Zients, the COVID response coordin...