The Dumb, Arrogant Liars Who Are Also Journalists
Fauci’s COVID lies expose corporate news as propaganda.
J.B. Shurk | August 3, 2026
There is a frustrating contradiction when it comes to the way public information is assessed for factual truth. For decades, prominent news organizations have steadily lost credibility. Fewer Americans than ever believe what The New York Times, CNN, NPR, or even the AP publishes as the “objective” record of current events. At the same time, however, alternative, competing descriptions of current events are almost entirely ignored. No matter how compelling or factually sourced a story might be, it is largely disregarded until mainstream corporate news institutions are willing to recognize its validity.
This annoying state of affairs was highlighted last week after Dr. Anthony Fauci refused to testify before the Senate. Although the man holds one of Joe Biden’s get-out-of-jail-free autopen pardons, Fauci cowardly asserted his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination more than a hundred times. With a general pardon in hand that presumably allows him to get away with past acts of mass murder, he could put himself in legal jeopardy only by not telling the truth while under oath at the hearing. So long as Fauci avoided newly committing perjury, there was no risk to his liberty. The fact that he nevertheless remained mum the whole time revealed a particularly guilty conscience: Fauci could not bear the thought of admitting to the world that he told numerous lies in the past.
To be sure, Fauci’s lies are huge and unforgivable. He lied about COVID arising from inter-species transmission in an outdoor meat market rather than from a bioweapons laboratory re-engineering coronaviruses in Wuhan, China. He lied about not having partially funded deadly coronavirus research at that lab as part of a workaround to American regulatory prohibitions against such dangerous projects. He lied about COVID’s lethality, especially with regard to young or healthy bodies. He lied about the efficacy of simple masks to prevent viral transmission. He lied about the need to close schools and businesses. He lied about the need for draconian home confinements. He lied about the effectiveness of the experimental mRNA injections that he called “vaccines.” He lied about the proven effectiveness of alternative treatments. He lied about the effectiveness of natural immunity.
His lies were profound, and because mainstream news institutions refused to question anything he said, his lies were the only bits of information allowed to circulate in the public sphere. So-called “journalists” not only repeated verbatim exactly what the government’s chief medical bureaucrat claimed to be true but also cheered social media platforms for censoring competing points of view. “Reporters” working for The New York Times and CNN were enthralled by Fauci’s perceived professional prestige and institutional authority. Why? Because they are enamored of their own perceived professional prestige and institutional authority. They worship glory and accolades; they are slaves to appeals to authority; they care nothing for the pursuit of truth.
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