Margaret Brennan of CBS News tried to pin a deadly CDC shooting on ‘misinformation’ about the COVID vaccine and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., instead of the mentally ill gunman. National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya endured Brennan’s unhinged ranting on Sunday’s Face the Nation. He tried to steer the interrogation/debate to the fact that most Americans no longer trust public health officials. Dr. Anthony Fauci’s diaries prove that’s the best option. Fauci’s your ‘misinformation,’ Margaret. Oh, and your 'news' industry as well.
Brennan refused to back away from her false narrative. We can’t imagine her treating a fellow Democrat the way she treats Dr. Bhattacharya in this clip. (WATCH)
.@NIHDirector_Jay: The kinds of decisions, and the face of public health during the pandemic led to many people losing trust in public health.
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) August 9, 2026
Brennan: The Trump Administration.@NIHDirector_Jay: No, I mean like Biden. Just so we're clear, the Biden Administration censored ME. pic.twitter.com/TAK9LhkkP0
Brennan with her ignorance on full blast is exhausting.
Many posters defended the NIH director and his ability to stay cool while Mount Brennan erupted across from him.
Huge kudos to Jay Bhattacharya for how calmly he dealt with this absolutely loathsome fake news operative. She really is one of the worst.
— Hans Mahncke (@HansMahncke) August 9, 2026
First, when Islamist or other mass shooters leave behind extensive records explaining their motives, those records are immediately buried… https://t.co/0g0ecuV6RH
(post continues). ..and we are told their motives will never be known. Yet here, where the shooter left no manifesto explaining his actions, we are confidently informed that he was motivated by “misinformation.”
Second, as even the fake news operative acknowledges, the shooter had serious mental health problems. Yet somehow the blame is shifted away from the fact that he was severely mentally ill and onto “misinformation.”
It is sickening to watch the narrative being twisted this way. You can see and hear how angry Dr Bhattacharya is at the lies and false narratives being pushed at him, but he never loses his composure. He simply keeps dismantling the premise, calmly and methodically, without allowing himself to be dragged into the grotesque framing she is trying to impose.
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He definitely deserves credit for that.
Commenters say it’s impossible to watch CBS News when Brennan is allowed to barrage guests with her toxic, politically driven bile.
I’ll never take @CBSNews seriously as long as they keep trotting this useful idiot out every Sunday morning to parrot DNC talking points.@bariweiss and Paramount still have much work to do.
— IT Guy (@ITGuy1959) August 9, 2026
Brennan is unable to see she is fully entrenched in ideology, combined with the mindset of political sectarianism. This is not the mindset of a truth-seeking journalist but rather of someone seeking to protect a narrative.
— JLRed (@JLRed5) August 9, 2026
💯 The worst thing about her is this unbelievably condescending attitude, constantly trampling all over her guests and never for a millisecond even attempting to digest what they are actually saying.
— Hans Mahncke (@HansMahncke) August 9, 2026
She can’t listen because her mouth is always yapping incessantly.
Posters say Bhattacharya needs to be prepared to debate a Democrat Party mouthpiece when he goes on Sunday shows from now on.
I like him, but he needs to come to these interviews with a different disposition. She got the better of him here.
— Useless Tree (@_Useless_Tree_) August 9, 2026
Agree, but Jay needs more media training. He can't rumble-mumbke through points and allow the "moderator" to bully him. He's the righteous actor here, so sit up and act like it.
— Reform RoBot (@RealRobSeal) August 10, 2026
He needs to study how Vice President JD Vance, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio handle ‘journalists’ on programs like Face the Nation and Meet the Press every Sunday.