Washington Post was clearly in a rush to save Saint Fauci and forgot to investigate.
This pandemic has seen a lot of press-released mantras. It has been an endless list of documented missteps. These two others were probably more mentioned than others. The journalists on this are the most rigid. We must all follow the science. And we should never question Dr. Anthony Fauci.
The deified doctor has been in the news recently due to rumors that he is responsible for some horrendous experiments that were carried out at a facility which used beagle pups in unusual settings. These stories weren’t good, but photos were included and they went viral. According to reports, the medical institution that led the legendary doctor provided financial support for foreign labs engaged in these horrendous practices.
The viral and false claim by Fauci, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseasessssssssssssssssssssssssssssss that Fauci runs, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseasesssssssssssssssss had funded an experiment in which sickly sandflies were placed in the mesh cages in which the beagles was the call, said four National Institutes of Health who knew about the incident
This was a public relations nightmare that created a negative image of media favorite, the Washington Post, who came to the rescue to rectify the situation and place the blame. The truth is that it was these savagely conservatives at the root of all this. Except, not really — and not really. The story had a lot more, but the writers were able to save a lot of their time by only detailing the first half. This allowed them to place their demons in the right context.
According to WaPo the conservative animal rights group was behind the push for this. It is surprising that this seems to be real, as it does sound. It is called White Coat Waste Project is described by its founder as a Republican operative. The board and staff members are populated with GOP politicians. This shady outfit then fed false information into conservative echo chambers, leading to dire reactions that belittled the sacred name of Fauci.
The Post also interviewed Dr. Fauci to discuss the side effects of the smear campaign. “The constant harassment in the form of ridiculous accusations and outright lies makes doing my job and that of my staff of fighting the covid-19 pandemic all the more difficult,”Fauci spoke to the newspaper. Fauci then said something incredible. “This attack on me, It clearly has political undertones for a scientist who is not politically inclinedIt is, in my view, dangerous to science as a whole. [shows] how people try to intimidate scientists.” It is okay to need some time off from all that. You may need one, too.
The Post gives a detailed account of the White Coat Waste Project as well as Anthony Bellotti, its founder. The Post demonstrates how this group, which is predominantly Republican in structure, was able to stir up conservative outrage as well as unfair attacks against Dr. Fauci. The paper does not say that Fauci was lying, but they did allow him to make the accusations. It is for a good reason.
Even though the paragraphs were long and focused on branding the group a dangerous force, it was only one sentence that made an impact. It was shown that WCWP did not make up the story of the beagle experiments being funded by Fauci’s NIAID. This was confirmed by a Tunisian research division official statement.
False claim regarding Scientists were wrongly credited with funding the Tunisia beagle study. This was research that was done in Tunisia. In a July paper published in a scientific publication, researchers incorrectly identified NIAID in the funding list.
According to this, the WCWP announcement was made based on an official science publication that contained a medical study. The scientists responsible for the research conducted these experiments. They were following through with what the media has been lecturing for years — they followed the science and listened to trained medical professionals.
The story was only “debunked” by the same research lab afterFollowing a public outcry, NIAID responded to a request for corrections bt NIAID. It took NIAID two days to filter through its expenditures to determine that it had not funded the beagle experiments — although they say they do fund the same lab and group of scientists, with studies involving the sand fleas and beagles, but only in an experiment involving the safety of a vaccine, and the dogs administered with it are running free to see if they contract the transmitted disease.
You aren’t the only one who thinks that this explanation of money trails sounds remarkably simple. Fauci’s foundation only funds the experiments on dogs and sand fleas regarding a medication, but the funding ends there. It is imperative that a separate source underwrites the horrifying experiments done in the same lab by different doctors on identical beagles with the exact same sandfleas. Sure.
This tiny nugget is buried deep within the Fauci rescue efforts. PETA has repeated the false funding claim by White Coat Waste and said it, too, does not believe the journal’s correction.
PETA has said nothing more. The Washington Post does not take issue with PETA, just like the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals made the exact same attack on Dr. Fauci. They also expressed doubts about the weak explanation they offered. Social media outrage is used to demonize the conservative organization and label it an unfair attack on a revered doctor, based upon a lie.
WaPo uses this shoot-the-messenger base routine to preserve Dr. Fauci’s good nature. This rescue mission is made more difficult by not reporting on the whole story.
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