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Maybe I am a bit of a contrarian (OK, I am), and getting really cranky over here in Washington (definitely). This article is example of why I have issues with Gateway Pundit. Sometimes, they are good, other times, they are examples of how not to practice journalism.

First, the claim Dr Fauci supported hydroxychlorquine in a MERS study is a lie.

I already heard that story and looked it up. The study was by Dr. Darryl Falzarano, Treatment with interferon-Î±2b and ribavirin improves outcome in MERS-CoV-infected rhesus macaques. Interferon-Î±2b and ribavirin are not alternate names for hydroxychlorqine. The study was a proper clinical trial, which is the standard Fauci and others in clinical research use. This is being twisted by retelling it to making the claim that Dr. Fauci supported hydroxychlorquine for SARs, when he did not. His support was for interferon-Î±2b and ribavirin in a proper clinical trial.

Gateway Pundit did not bother to find the original study. Here they linked to one of their own articles, making that claim, linking to a tweet, about a article in USA Today. about this clinical trial. Because getting to original sources and representing them accurately is something Hoft rarely does well when he wants ALL CAPS! in the title.

Second, Hoft dicusses doctor Rault down at the bottom of the page. What he said, what other have said about what he said, posts a video, a picture from earlier this month, and never provides a source to Dr. Rault's actual response, Response to Magagnoli, MedRxiv, 2020.

As expected, Dr. Rault is extremely good at standing up for himself against his critics.