NIH Director Cooly Endures Margaret Brennan’s Unhinged ‘Misinformation’ Rant on ‘Face the Nation’

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.

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
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) August 9, 2026

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.

First, when Islamist or other mass shooters leave behind extensive records explaining their motives, those records are immediately buried… https://t.co/0g0ecuV6RH
— Hans Mahncke (@HansMahncke) August 9, 2026

(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.