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R.A. Watman (Anne)'s avatar

What an awful time, made so much worse by cover ups and lies. We’re still dealing w the fallout.

Vanessa Kelly's avatar

There should be Nuremberg level trials to investigate Fauci and the scientists who conducted, supported, and then lied for years about this experiment that cost millions their lives, destroyed economies, and damaged so many. Not to mention the careers Fauci and the media destroyed of anyone who dared to disagree with him.

Durwood McElroy's avatar

He's a Democrat a crook and part of the deep state. Have you ever seen one of them even mildly punished? Remember, vigilante justice is only considered vigilante when it is tried first. When all attempts to hold them accountable fail, vigilante justice is called JUSTICE.

Epaminondas's avatar

"The Fauci diary is damning on so many scores, but the indictment of legacy media for acting as Fauci’s PR team strikes me as one of the worst."

As you well know, this isn't just Fauci. The legacy media act as PR all the time for their preferred narratives, such as Biden's cognition, DEI, illegal immigration, etc. The only difference this time is that their bias is being badly exposed because there is too much publicly available data that directly counters the story that they tried to spin.

Durwood McElroy's avatar

The Mainstream Media

Since we cannot 'vote with our feet' or 'change the channel' to protest the anti-American, biased media - as they don't care about ratings (they must be funded by America's enemies), there will come a point where we are going to have to address them, physically. The media is the NUMBER ONE THREAT TO AMERICA. IF 90 million Americans stormed the aforementioned offices and culled every biased personality, America would do better, across the board.

Bob Weyker's avatar

Yes he did, he gave Wuhan millions for this.

But you are right on one point USAID gave a lot more money ($40m) Wuhan. USAID is not US-AID had little to do with aid. The little bit that was aid is now under the State Department.

Elmore's avatar

The NYT has fired anybody who could/ would ask these questions. Today's take is that Brave, Noble Fauci is being bullied by Republicans.

MeM's avatar

Read a bit of the diary entries. It didn't seem to me like he was a villain as much as overwhelmed by all the sycophantic garbage that the press was saying about him. He was a puppy dog for all that adulation and the combination with the fact that he didn't want to face his own culpability as a big gain of function research booster pushed him over the edge. I can't imagine he still doesn't know that the virus came from the institute, but I'm sure he can't face it in public.

biff33's avatar

"… the legacy press — the institution constitutionally responsible for holding government to account …"

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The U.S. Constitution specifies the powers and limitations of our government. It does not assign responsibilities to private actors. The phrase "the press" in the First Amendment refers to the act of publishing; "freedom of the press" means the right to publish, just as "freedom of speech" means the right to speak. That right belongs to everyone; it is not limited to self-appointed members of any profession or industry.

Historically, the phrase "the press" was first used to refer to an institution almost half a century after the ratification of the Bill of Rights.

Anna's avatar

someone gave wuhan the money to be mutated, & which scientist began the mutation of covid -19? how did the first person get injected the first dosage of covid -19 to be able to spread this into society that's where the problem began & lies .

SubstaqueJacque's avatar

Thanks for this great post - I will surely listen openly, but I appreciate the moderating views of MeM in this discussion. Both sides (as always) have a dog in the fight, but if Rand Paul's telling the truth on Wednesday, I'll let Thursday be another day. Thank you again!

Daniel's avatar

It's too bad the GOP doesn't pursue pedophiles with the same vigor as these supposed 'crimes'.

But I guess it's easier to convince rubes that a messy discovery period of a novel virus is beyond the pale rather than acknowledge the leader of their party is a rapist.

Anna's avatar

the problem is Covid had to be mutated who gave the money to mutate the virus? I'm sure Dr. fauci did not pay Wuhan to mutate the Virus , where did the money come from to mutate the virus who donated the money to Wuhan to mutate the virus so it could be spreads .