'Kicked the PR up to 11': CNN's spin on the Fauci emails overheats propaganda detectors everywhere

Emails to and from Dr. Anthony Fauci that were obtained via FOIA request show that the epidemiologist at the forefront during the Covid-19 outbreak may well have suspected the virus originated from a lab in China (in spite of what the public was being told). Additionally, Fauci’s mask flip-flop is also documented in the emails.

Add it all up, and the “science” and media fact-checks in the past year-plus have been a giant pile of inaccuracies, if not flat-out disinformation intended at least in part to make the mean tweets president look bad.

Given all that, here’s how CNN is framing the Fauci emails story:

Thousands of emails from and to Dr. Fauci reveal the weight that came with his role as a rare source of frank honesty within the Trump administration's Covid-19 task force https://t.co/vCKrWJFOc0

— CNN (@CNN) June 2, 2021

“Rare source of frank honesty”? Please…

Here’s an email that shows Fauci knew, worried, then lied about what he publicly called a baseless conspiracy theory. But do go on about how he’s a truthful beacon of light. https://t.co/LMaJkmHutX pic.twitter.com/sGR4WFPLV5

— Razor (@hale_razor) June 2, 2021

oh pic.twitter.com/gAwYYeQSHQ

— Meni (@vipstrippers) June 2, 2021

https://twitter.com/magical_trevor/status/1400085195534090246

Frank honesty?

The #Fauci emails show only infected people need masks, that recovered people are immune from reinfection and that he covered up his relationship with gain of function studies using journals and #SnakeNews like @CNN. https://t.co/hVkDKz5m0T

— Gramma 🍪🍪🥛 (@gramma_smith) June 2, 2021

THIS. Is CNN.

Whoever had "Media blames Trump" for Fauci email scandal, come down and collect your prize https://t.co/DVfIty65rc

— Angus T. Kirk (@angusparvo) June 2, 2021

At least they’re totally predictable.

'Kicked the PR up to 11': CNN's spin on the Fauci emails overheats propaganda detectors everywhere

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