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BROADCAST BIAS: Networks go from hiding Fauci diaries to defending him from Republicans

The 1,100 diary pages also reveal Fauci had cozy relationships with network anchors

By Tim Graham Fox News

Published August 1, 2026 9:00am EDT

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An easy way to demonstrate that the broadcast networks have a deep-seated Democratic Party bias is to evaluate how they cover congressional committee investigations. If a committee is assembled to destroy Republican reputations, everything it does is newsworthy. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s January 6 Committee was Exhibit A. It was "perfect," in that it had no Republican counterweight on it.

If a committee is trying to hold Democrats accountable for government overreach, the networks avoid it like … a deadly bat virus. On July 25, Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul released more than 1,100 pages of COVID-19 czar Dr. Anthony Fauci's personal diary (from his government computer) spanning 2019 to 2022.

Two days later, "CBS Evening News" broke the network silence with a 24-second report. Then there was nothing for another two days until the morning Fauci was scheduled to appear before Paul’s committee.

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It's not like there was nothing newsworthy in Fauci’s diary entries. For example, he admitted........

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