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White House hasn't approved requests for TV interviews with Fauci, official says
CNN ^ | Updated 1:05 PM ET, Fri July 3, 2020 | Jim Acosta and Brian Stelter

Posted on 07/05/2020 9:06:06 AM PDT by conservative98

Dr. Anthony Fauci, arguably the most trusted man in America, is practically invisible right now.

Fauci is not appearing on any of the major US television networks at a brutal stage of the coronavirus pandemic. Appearances by other members of the coronavirus task force are also few and far between.

Dr. Deborah Birx and Dr. Robert Redfield are rarely granting interviews to national news outlets, according to a CNN analysis of the past two workweeks.

The officials have busy jobs, to be sure,but communicating with the public is of utmost importance, especially when Covid-19 cases are rising and Americans are receiving mixed messages about what to do.

CNN and other TV networks routinely ask for interviews with Fauci and other task force experts, but some of the requests have been blocked by the Trump White House. An administration official familiar with the situation said high-profile figures from the task force, including Fauci,have been unable to secure White House permission to appear on American TV networks.

The official warned that this is exactly the wrong approach as cases are spiking across the U.S. "Now is the time to be sending a strong public health message,"the official said, citing the urgent crisis in states across the South and Southwest.

Fauci has been able to appear on podcasts and webcasts instead--forums, in many cases, that are not as visible to the president and his aides.

His last appearance on US TV was June 12 on CNN. More recently, he has spoken with the Sacramento Press Club, appeared at a live-streamed Milken Institute briefing, and called in to a podcast called "Science Vs." His appearances have picked up this week: He spoke with NPR, plus a radio show in the United Kingdom and a webcast with the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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KEYWORDS: acosta; fakenews; fauci; quack; stelter
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To: Veto!

This guy is dumber than Biden.....well almost.


21 posted on 07/05/2020 10:00:32 AM PDT by mastertex
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To: conservative98

CNN doesn’t do interviews they do editing see all stories.


22 posted on 07/05/2020 10:08:49 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: Republican Wildcat

Jim Acosta and Brian Stelter
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“They wrote this together.”
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Thus revealing the reason why Rush stipulates at the beginning of his show: “...with half my brain tied behind my back; just to make it fair!”


23 posted on 07/05/2020 10:09:33 AM PDT by Ozymandias Ghost
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To: conservative98

“Dr. Anthony Fauci, arguably the most trusted man in America...”

Only by those to whom science 101 was an impossible course.

Medical schools have some rather serious questions to answer given that this clown is a physician - or once was one.


24 posted on 07/05/2020 10:28:44 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: conservative98
Dr. Anthony Fauci, arguably the most trusted man in America, is practically invisible right now.

Chuckle.
Only two lies in one sentence is a bit of an improvement for CNN I guess. Usually, CNN manages to pack in ten lies per sentence.

25 posted on 07/05/2020 10:35:47 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: conservative98

Fauci has been overseeing the effort to develop an AIDS vaccine for over 20 years. Billions have been spent on the effort. There is no vaccine.

Each year the flu vaccine is only 40-60% effective. For the 2019/2020 flu season it has been 45% effective.

There is no ebola vaccine.

Fauci is in charge of developing the COVID vaccine. Based on his track record, what are the odds?

Could it be Fauci is actually not good at his job, possibly because he spends most of his time at conferences and doing press interviews? Perhaps Trump, like a good boss, has simply told him to focus on his job.


26 posted on 07/05/2020 10:36:28 AM PDT by Soul of the South (The past is gone and cannot be changed. Tomorrow can be a better day if we work on i)
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To: conservative98

Acosta needs to choose another profession, or face a dark future when he is found out. People who throws rocks and live in glass houses (you know).


27 posted on 07/05/2020 10:43:37 AM PDT by silent majority rising
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To: conservative98

All FOW-CHI has to do is quit the task force. Then he can go on TV all he wants to and bash Trump.


28 posted on 07/05/2020 11:24:27 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: conservative98

Stelter, Acosta and the entire MSM should NEVER be treated as a journalistic organization by the Trump Administration.

ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, NPR, WApo, NYT, LAT, Comcast and others HATE America. Trump’s job first and foremost is to protect America from it’s haters and enemies thus he should not EVER permit them to interview anybody within his lawful control.


29 posted on 07/05/2020 11:58:09 AM PDT by Cen-Tejas
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To: conservative98

Dr. Deborah Birx and Dr. Robert Redfield are rarely granting interviews to national news outlets, according to a CNN analysis of the past two workweeks.

The officials have busy jobs, to be sure,but communicating with the public is of utmost importance,
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Communicating with the public is NOT the same as granting interviews to national news outlets.


30 posted on 07/05/2020 12:27:42 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (No foreign enemy is as dangerous as the Democrat Party and its supporters.)
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To: conservative98

I doubt that Fauci is the “most trusted man in America,” or the “top expert on infectious diseases” as the media crowd would like everyone to believe and anoint.

As Bill Gates fully recognizes, just stick a couple of hundred dollar bills up his asshole and he’ll sing any tune you want — just like all those CNN types.


31 posted on 07/05/2020 12:30:43 PM PDT by MikeHu
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To: Da Coyote

Medical schools have some rather serious questions to answer given that this clown is a physician - or once was one.
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Well you have to keep in mind that dudes who graduate with the poorest GPA in their medical school class soon begin “practicing” medicine with the prestigious title of “Doctor”!


32 posted on 07/05/2020 12:37:10 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (No foreign enemy is as dangerous as the Democrat Party and its supporters.)
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To: yldstrk

He has never seen a patient. Typical AFGE puke.


33 posted on 07/05/2020 1:03:12 PM PDT by Lumper20 (Our Congress must be stripped of FERS and their AFGE union insurance)
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To: conservative98

At their level they need to be more aware. They are not fit for administrative assignments.


34 posted on 07/05/2020 1:34:36 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is The I read in the papers.)
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