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Beloved GOP Senator Exposes Fox News, Reveals Network’s Refusal To Publish Op-Ed (Ron Johnson)
Trending Politics ^ | 6/22/2026 | jake

Posted on 06/22/2026 9:14:48 AM PDT by Signalman

Despite leading an investigation into alleged efforts by federal officials to downplay COVID-19 vaccine injuries and deaths, Sen. Ron Johnson says he’s running into resistance from much of the media — including Fox Digital — as he tries to publicize his findings.

The Wisconsin Republican revealed Wednesday that he had published an op-ed on X accusing federal health agencies of concealing vaccine safety concerns from the public and claiming nearly 40,000 deaths have been reported following COVID-19 vaccinations.

Johnson, who chairs the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, later posted the piece on his Senate website under the headline, “The story the media — and the government — don’t want you to hear.”

In the article, Johnson argues that federal health officials were aware of significant safety concerns in 2021 but failed to alert Americans.

“The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA TODAY, and Fox Digital have all declined or ignored requests to publish this op-ed,” Johnson writes.

The senator also released a Majority Staff Interim Report from the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations that alleges Biden administration health officials ignored warning signs tied to the vaccines. The report cites cases of “‘Death and sudden death’ associated with the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines.”

Fox News covered Johnson’s report on May 3, but as of the time of publication, had not published his follow-up opinion piece.

Johnson said NBC, ABC, PBS, CNN, and MS NOW also declined to cover the report.

Johnson’s op-ed also focuses on Peter Marks, the former head of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, which oversees vaccine approvals and safety monitoring.

According to Johnson, Marks was informed that an algorithm used to analyze data from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System could “mask” adverse events. Johnson alleges officials at the center received data for more than three months indicating potential vaccine-related dangers.

Rather than warning the public, Johnson claims, “they ordered the data analyst to ‘cease and desist’ and then lied to the American public that ‘they weren’t seeing safety signals.’”

“I consider this to be the biggest government scandal in my lifetime, and one that is crying out for full media attention and coverage,” Johnson writes in the op-ed. “Currently, VAERS shows 1,676,100 cumulative worldwide adverse events and 39,099 deaths associated with the COVID-19 injection, with 9,332 (24%) of the deaths occurring within 2 days of injection.”


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: covid; enemedia; foxnews; ronjohnson

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1 posted on 06/22/2026 9:14:48 AM PDT by Signalman
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To: Signalman
Big Pharma pays off news and entertainment media with commercials. They advertise obscure drugs for rare problems - obviously they don't need hundreds of millions of dollars in advertising for some of the crap we see.

In exchange they get the souls of media executives and favorable media treatment.
2 posted on 06/22/2026 9:20:03 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: \/\/ayne

Big Pharma pays off news and entertainment media with commercials. They advertise obscure drugs for rare problems - obviously they don’t need hundreds of millions of dollars in advertising for some of the crap we see.

In exchange they get the souls of media executives and favorable media treatment.
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I think you’re spot on, and its a major conflict of interest.


3 posted on 06/22/2026 9:22:46 AM PDT by TiGuy22
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To: Signalman

Follow the money... these outlets couldnt survive without BigPharma advertising money


4 posted on 06/22/2026 9:27:38 AM PDT by MoreMAGA ("See, there's three kinds of people...")
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To: Signalman

Well, good on Senator Johnson but we all know its waay more than 39,0000 deaths. Probably several million at least.


5 posted on 06/22/2026 9:37:21 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Signalman

Those drug company ads on Fox and other media venues buy a lot of influence.


6 posted on 06/22/2026 9:42:31 AM PDT by Rockingham
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To: Signalman

Fox news sucks. It has for years.


7 posted on 06/22/2026 9:46:02 AM PDT by spincaster (i)
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To: Signalman

Are the devited supporters of vexxationation still posting on FR? GasDr etc Al.


8 posted on 06/22/2026 10:10:20 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: Signalman

So the news organization’s won’t report the news. We are doomed.


9 posted on 06/22/2026 10:24:40 AM PDT by vivenne (7Come to think of it. Fact.)
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To: Signalman

Fire the officials as publicly as possible. Bring them before congress and let them be fired in front of the committee.


10 posted on 06/22/2026 10:25:37 AM PDT by poinq
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