{"id":2637753,"date":"2026-07-30T10:32:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T14:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/faucis-testimony-reminds-us-of-blatant-propaganda-americans-paid-for-this-is-why-we-defunded-npr-gop-senator-says\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T10:35:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T14:35:25","slug":"faucis-testimony-reminds-us-of-blatant-propaganda-americans-paid-for-this-is-why-we-defunded-npr-gop-senator-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/faucis-testimony-reminds-us-of-blatant-propaganda-americans-paid-for-this-is-why-we-defunded-npr-gop-senator-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Fauci&#8217;s Testimony Reminds Us of Blatant Propaganda Americans Paid For: &#8216;This is Why We Defunded&#8217; NPR, GOP Senator Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffaucis-testimony-reminds-us-of-blatant-propaganda-americans-paid-for-this-is-why-we-defunded-npr-gop-senator-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2637753&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The passage discusses Dr. Anthony Fauci&#8217;s recent silence during a Senate hearing, where he invoked the Fifth Amendment to refuse answering questions, highlighting potential controversies surrounding his previous statements and actions. It reveals that Fauci was once a prominent figure in public health and frequently appeared on media outlets, funded by taxpayers. The article criticizes the discrepancy between his earlier admissions-such as knowing the &#8220;wet market&#8221; was not the virus source but an amplifier-and the later public messaging that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >dismissed lab leak theories<\/a>, despite evidence supporting the possibility of a laboratory origin. It references leaked diaries showing Fauci&#8217;s own notes indicating the virus was likely not from the wet market and suggesting potential links to the Wuhan Institute of Virology. The piece also criticizes media outlets like NPR and PBS for allegedly promoting misinformation during the pandemic and notes that some political figures have called for defunding these institutions, citing their role in spreading propaganda. it questions the credibility of Fauci and affiliated organizations, emphasizing the need for accountability.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s rather funny that, after a long and voluble career as the nation\u2019s face of public health \u2014 as well as a prolific diary-keeper \u2014 Dr. Anthony Fauci was strangely quiet on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder the advice of my attorneys, I will invoke my right under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution to refrain from answering your questions,\u201d Fauci would say over and over again before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee \u2014 over 100 times, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2026\/07\/29\/politics\/anthony-fauci-fifth-amendment-plea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, back in the day, CNN was plenty happy to talk to Fauci, and Fauci was plenty happy to talk to CNN.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s not just cable news that was willing to put him on, either. No, your taxpayer dollars subsidized a lot of the Fauci-worship back in the day.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s something plenty of people on social media, including one Republican member of the Senate, was willing to remind him of.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/know-key-questions-fauci-refused-answer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Fifth Amendment-taking<\/a> capped off a week in which Fauci\u2019s diaries \u2014 and notably, how they squared up with his conduct at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases \u2014 were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/people-like-you-find-power-in-fear-black-woman-slams-alyssa-milano-says-she-condescends-to-black-men\/\" title=\"\u2018People Like You Find Power In Fear...: Black Woman Slams Alyssa Milano, Says She Condescends To Black Men\">front-page news<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Key among the revelations was the fact he knew the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-right-covid-wet-market-bat-theory-virtually-impossible-new-study-shows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">so-called \u201cwet market\u201d theory<\/a> of the disease origins \u2014 that some animal sold at Wuhan\u2019s wet market was responsible for transmission of the disease \u2014 was completely bunk and that it was an \u201camplifier\u201d rather than the origin.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">2\/9 Jan. 26, 2020. Fauci writes in his diary: \u201cNow we know the market was not the source, it was the amplifier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That is January of 2020. The wet market was already off the table in his own private notes. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mz0OzcPHgg\">pic.twitter.com\/mz0OzcPHgg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenRandPaul\/status\/2081093794028519738?\">July 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This means the source could have very well been the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Indeed, he acknowledged that most of his colleagues thought that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/faucis-personal-diary-just-got-released-brutal-self-absorbed-fame-seeking-celeb-worshiping-power-mad-liar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the virus didn\u2019t necessarily have natural origins<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">2\/9 Jan. 26, 2020. Fauci writes in his diary: \u201cNow we know the market was not the source, it was the amplifier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That is January of 2020. The wet market was already off the table in his own private notes. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mz0OzcPHgg\">pic.twitter.com\/mz0OzcPHgg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenRandPaul\/status\/2081093794028519738?\">July 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So, what was NPR busy telling us in November of 2020, months after these diary entries were written on a government computer?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A new poll finds 40% of respondents believe in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/solomon-fbi-misled-fisa-court-in-2017-to-continue-russia-hoax\/\" title=\"Solomon: FBI misled FISA court in 2017 to continue Russia hoax\">baseless conspiracy theory<\/a> that the coronavirus was created in a lab in China.<\/p>\n<p>There is zero evidence for this. Scientists say the virus was transmitted to humans from another species.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GDTo2geUng\">https:\/\/t.co\/GDTo2geUng<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NPR (@NPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NPR\/status\/1344588336288190464?\">December 31, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/12\/30\/951095644\/even-if-its-bonkers-poll-finds-many-believe-qanon-and-other-conspiracy-theories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>A significant number of Americans believe misinformation about the origins of the coronavirus and the recent presidential election, as well as conspiracy theories like QAnon, according to a new NPR\/Ipsos poll.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Forty percent of respondents said they believe the coronavirus was made in a lab in China even though there is no evidence for this. Scientists say the virus was transmitted to humans from another species.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ah yes, \u201cscientists say.\u201d Scientists like Fauci, especially, who didn\u2019t actually believe what they were saying. At this point, it\u2019s now acknowledged that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jon-stewart-says-the-overreaction-to-joe-rogan-is-a-mistake-dont-leave-dont-censor-engage\/\" title=\"Jon Stewart Says the Overreaction to Joe Rogan Is a Mistake: &#039;Don...t Leave. Don...t Censor, Engage&#039;\">lab leak origin theory<\/a> is quite valid \u2014 in fact, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/house-gop-doctors-caucus-rep-sends-warning-shot-fauci-lab-leak-revelation-time-crack-egg-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">favored by most in the intelligence community<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is why we defunded you,\u201d Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt wrote on Wednesday about NPR after Fauci\u2019s testimony.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is why we defunded you <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NPR?\">@npr<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nYxk53RZqz\">https:\/\/t.co\/nYxk53RZqz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Eric_Schmitt\/status\/2082604199238324407?\">July 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And then there was the fact that, in his diary, Fauci said he suffered an \u201cadverse event\u201d after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/diary-reveals-fauci-suffered-possible-adverse-event-months-receiving-covid-vaccine-rfk-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">receiving the COVID vaccine<\/a>. Correlation is not causality, of course, but he never even acknowledged it. Unsurprising, considering the fact that this was what PBS was airing on \u201cAmerican Masters\u201d to make vaccine skeptics look like buffoons:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Never forget this brave American citizen that turned down getting a Covid vaccine and called out Fauci right to his face on camera.<\/p>\n<p>I still want to buy this man a beer! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SHiExaeIvo\">pic.twitter.com\/SHiExaeIvo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gain of Fauci (@DschlopesIsBack) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DschlopesIsBack\/status\/2082165027268657219?\">July 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind that once upon a time, you paid a whole lot of money \u2014 either directly to PBS and NPR, or to stations, or to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting \u2014 to bring this propaganda to you.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ve been effectively defunded by the Trump White House and a Republican Congress, but not before they spent your money to manipulate you, and all after even the great Dr. Anthony Fauci knew that they were spewing garbage.<\/p>\n<p>These institutions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/npr-editor-chief-announces-jumping-ship-trump-congress-pull-federal-funding\/\">needed to be defunded<\/a>, propaganda or no propaganda. However, this was beyond inexcusable. 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