In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture. You can find our full list of In Focus pieces here.Once you couldn’t trust the legacy media any less, enter the Fauci diary and its entries during the COVID-19 years.It appears that members of the legacy press really loved having access to Dr. Anthony Fauci and that Fauci is a patent narcissist.
“Big front page article about me appeared in the Washington Post,” he wrote in 2020. “Very flattering. The situation with my national and international fame is explosive and really unimaginable.”“It is not hyperbole to say that today I am the most famous and talked about person in the country and one of the most recognizable peson in the world,” he continued. “Countless profiles on me in multiple media. I cannot even read all the things that are written abuyt me since I am so busy … seriously. POTUS seems to be enamored of me even though I am taking the spotlight away from him.”Fauci also revealed how fake those broadcast and print journalists are.CNN’s Jake Tapper, who is as condescending as anyone in this business in lecturing others about being unbiased and truthful, repeatedly crossed the line from journalism to activism with Fauci.“Had dinner over Jake Tapper and Jen Tapper’s home in DC,” he wrote in 2020. “Terrific couple. Friendship building.”“Friendship building.” Because that’s totally what a national news anchor and a frequent guest should engage in, right? Fauci and his false statements, including his assertion that COVID-19 originated in a Wuhan wet market, should have been scrutinized and questioned appropriately. Tapper never did that. He instead allowed Fauci an open forum to present his questionable opinions as fact.“After my Laura Ingraham hit, Jake Tapper (CNN) texted me saying sarcastically, ‘Hard to believe Paura Ingraham went to Dartmouth, isn’t it. All of us alumni are very proud,'” Fauci wrote while sharing verbatim a spelling-challenged text from Tapper after he appeared on Fox News.As for that dinner at the Tapper residence? That was held during a federally mandated quarantine.The bromance between Tapper and Fauci only grew as the pandemic wore on, per Fauci.“Phone call with Jake Tapper,” his entry reads. “Jake wanted to make sure the interview did not cause me any problems.”This kind of behavior used to get someone like Tapper fired. He wanted to make sure “the interview did not cause me any problems”? How can this stand?Dr. Anthony Fauci waves to the crowd as he speaks during the presentation of his book On Call on Friday, June 21, 2024, at the Lincoln Theatre in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
