Two weeks later, Tucker Carlson's attack on Fauci has quietly collapsed

[DonViejo]

Philip Bump 33 mins ago

Nearly 3 million people tuned in to Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show on the evening of June 2, a number equivalent to nearly 1 percent of the country. Among the things those viewers heard from Carlson that night was a staggering accusation of duplicity if not illegality on the part of the country’s top infectious-disease expert, Anthony S. Fauci.

Carlson accused Fauci of lying under oath, of lying during a news conference and of being somehow implicated in criminal activity based on the contents of a number of emails released publicly under a Freedom of Information Act request. Those emails included a heavy dose of redacted sections — one such section itself prompted Carlson’s speculation about criminality — but included enough Lego pieces for Carlson to build what he wanted to build.

What evidence was there, for example, for Carlson to imply that Fauci believed that the coronavirus had been created in a Chinese lab and, further, that it was a product of “gain of function” research, something Fauci denied during a Senate hearing? It centered on a Feb. 1, 2020, call among a number of researchers. The evening before the call, a scientist named Kristian Andersen emailed Fauci, saying in part that “some of the features [of the coronavirus] (potentially) look engineered.”

On the morning of the call, Fauci emailed his deputy about wanting to check in, including an attachment titled, “Baric, Shi, et al - Nature medicine - SARS gain of function.pdf.” And then there was the call itself, a discussion that Carlson claimed was declared to be “top secret.”

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/two-weeks-later-tucker-carlson-e2-80-99s-attack-on-fauci-has-quietly-collapsed/ar-AAL6KZ3

[Claire Oh Nette]

1. Carlson is a drama queen

Carlson's own network insists "no reasonable person" should believe he is a truth teller.

Fox's attorney's in court claimed Fox's lawyers: The "'general tenor' of the show should... inform a viewer that [Carlson] is not 'stating actual facts' about the topics he discusses and is instead engaging in 'exaggeration' and 'non-literal commentary.' "


Non literal commentary--bloviating about reconstituted bovine waste. Carlson lies for a living to those who can't grasp reality.

[IcyPeas]

2. now there is a "Fire Fauci Act" growing

With Representative Louie Gohmert's support, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene's "Fire Fauci Act" now has 10 Republican co-sponsors in the House of Representatives.

Greene, who has been a vocal critic of Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), introduced the legislation in April without any co-sponsors. The recent release of thousands of Fauci's emails sparked additional support for the legislation and in the past two weeks, Greene went from four co-sponsors to 10.

The most recent addition to the list of cosponsors is Representative Louie Gohmert, who Greene thanked for his support on Twitter. Last week, Representatives Gregory Steube and Mo Brooks signed on as co-sponsors and on June 4, Representatives Buddy Carter, Bob Good and Matt Gaetz became co-sponsors.

https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greenes-fire-fauci-act-gains-co-sponsor-these-republicans-signed-bill-1601010

[Midnight Writer]

3. Yeah, I don't see this "collapsing" at all. The target audience is buying it.

It is all over RW media, including FOX contributors.

[Raine]

4. Agree. nt

[FakeNoose]

5. They have to fire Carlson too, if Fauci goes

Sheesh this is getting crazier by the day!