CNN reported a now unmasked narrative about the Biden administration “starting from scratch” with a coronavirus vaccine deployment plan 47 times on Thursday, before Dr. Anthony Fauci revealed that the liberal network was spreading misinformation, from according to Grabien Media.
CNN raised its eyebrows on Thursday with its alleged “scoop” that quoted unidentified Biden employees as saying, “There is nothing for us to rework. We will have to build everything from scratch”, as well as that the new administration would have to start from “square one” since there was no plan.
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Fauci, who was summoned by President Biden during the transition to be a White House adviser, was asked at the end of the day whether the new government was in fact “starting from scratch”.
“We are certainly not starting from scratch because there is activity going on in the distribution,” replied Fauci, essentially revealing that the CNN report was inaccurate.
Tom Elliott, founder of Grabien Media, who monitors cable news, tweeted that CNN mentioned the “fake” report 47 times on Thursday, while MSNBC covered CNN’s report 11 times.
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CNN White House correspondent MJ Lee, author of the report, defended his story on social media, characterizing Fauci as “a remnant of the Trump administration”. On the same day, news praised Fauci’s remarks that he felt more free to speak his mind to Biden than to Trump.
Lee also tried to rely on Biden’s previous comments to validate his report, tweeting: “In the last hour, Biden said the Trump vaccine launch was a ‘total failure’.”
After being criticized on social media throughout the day for the erroneous report, Lee was once again ridiculed for referring to Fauci as a “remnant” of President Trump.
Lee’s story now includes Fauci’s comments.
The gaffe was so blatant that even CNN’s Chris Cuomo later condemned it, but only after the inaccurate information was repeated on the network during the day.
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David Rutz of Fox News contributed to this report.