CBS, NBC Flock to Whistleblower Complaint Despite Claim Being Debunked

Almost two weeks ago, the liberal media pounced on claims from a former HHS official who claimed, without evidence, that he was fired for not pushing hydroxychloroquine. Well, that official was back in the news Tuesday because he filed a whistleblower complaint.

But this time, Dr. Rick Bright added on new claims he didn’t tell the press about before now. The CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News gobbled up the allegations despite the fact they made no sense given their previous reporting.

Even though Bright’s initial allegations were proven bogus within hours by Politico’s Dan Diamond, CBS anchor Norah O’Donnell and anti-Trump White House correspondent Weijia Jiang glorified Bright, suggesting he was exposing something awful within the Trump administration.

As if his claims were the biggest story of the day, Jiang decried that “President Trump is not addressing the bombshell report, focusing instead on reopening the country.”

Rhetorically holding up Bright’s complaint as if it was gospel, Jiang read from it. “Bright says he, ‘encountered resistance from HHS leadership, including Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, who appeared intent on downplaying this catastrophic threat.” And that Bright's persistent demands for urgent action had caused an ‘S’ storm,’” she read.

But according to a previous media-generated scandal, Azar was one of the health officials who’s own early warnings were supposedly falling on Trump’s deaf ears. Bright also claimed Trump adviser Peter Navarro wasn’t taking his warnings seriously in early February. But the media had claimed Navarro was trying to warn Trump in early January.

This makes no sense.

Among Bright’s other never before heard of allegations, Jiang rehashed his original claim: “Bright also says he was reassigned because he resisted officials who wanted to promote hydroxychloroquine and demanded that New York and New Jersey be flooded with these drugs.” Meanwhile, Diamond reported that e-mails exist that prove Bright was the leading voice behind HHS’s acquisition of large quantities of the drug.

Jiang also touted comments from Bright’s lawyers, who she failed to mention also represented Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and her lies against Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

Over on NBC, senior White House correspondent Peter Alexander hyped: “In this new whistleblower complaint obtained by NBC News, Bright says he was retaliated against for resisting efforts to fund potentially dangerous drugs promoted by those with political connections.” But Alexander never mentioned what political connections there were nor if the complaint proved them.

Alexander also showed his cognitive dissonance when pushing the nonsensical claim about Azar. “Bright's urgent warnings about the need to act, starting in early January, were met with indifference and later hostility from HHS leaders, including Secretary Azar.”

On top of pushing these bogus allegations, Jiang had deceptively edited a video of President Trump to make it seem as though he was disbanding the Coronavirus Task Force with no plan to keep people safe. The first soundbite below is from CBS, the second is from...

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