Ahead of last night’s Academy Awards show in Los Angeles, the New York Times thought it would be a good idea to share this old video of a fake “Fauci Awards” show that honored health care workers and disease experts for all they’ve done in 2020:
An awards show for 2020. And the winner is… pic.twitter.com/mzqhSEUJ5R
— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) April 24, 2021
And it has not gone over very well:
"Over 250,000 Americans have died. This is what happens when we don't listen to our scientists."
This video gave me a migraine. https://t.co/UCCGZCg1EJ
— Stephen Kent (@Stephen_Kent89) April 26, 2021
There are more than 13 retweets now, but there’s still virtually no engagement on the tweet:
I’m not sure what’s more embarrassing: that the libs made an actual golden idol of Fauci or that it’s been up for a day and only has 13 retweets. https://t.co/oqSyRltq83
— Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) April 26, 2021
“The official death of journalism”
The official death of journalism
— Ellie Bufkin (@ellie_bufkin) April 26, 2021
We’ve said this before, but it’s really hard to tell any longer when it’s satire and when it’s real:
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Is @TheBabylonBee running this account now?
You can tell us. https://t.co/gIERV9jaKm
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) April 26, 2021
Plus, it’s another example of the Cult of Fauci at work:
Tell me you're in a cult with not actually telling me you're in a cult… https://t.co/mjAKSmtkx9
— Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) April 26, 2021
It has to be in the Top 10, at the very least:
This might be the most embarrassing thing ever put on the internet https://t.co/wYyAFztjc0
— IM (@ianmSC) April 26, 2021
Heh:
I’d rather get Covid than watch this again https://t.co/3ZPVnfgGgb
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) April 26, 2021
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