The host of the popular 2Way politics channel Mark Halperin described it as the "biggest story of the last 50 years" yet many liberals remain blissfully unaware of it, because most of the media in their comfortable bubble have completely avoided it despite its shocking nature. It was about the release by former Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, of numerous files implicating Dr. Anthony Fauci in a massive coverup of his role in the Covid crises including lying to Congress.
Although this story was avoided by most (if not all) the liberal media, the New York Post made the revelations that the liberal media dare not touch on Friday in "Spy agency quashed complaint against Fauci for lying to Congress about ‘gain of function’ research, new documents show."
Outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released a trove of files Friday detailing Dr. Anthony Fauci’s role in the COVID-19 pandemic — showing that officials protected him from a whistleblower complaint alleging he lied to Congress about “gain of function” research after he suggested pangolins were to blame for the outbreak that killed millions.
Obviously a highly newsworthy story but from the liberal media... crickets. This raised the ire of the normally calm Halperin who harshly condemned the absurd avoidance of this critical story by much of the media:
HALPERIN: Ladies and gentlemen, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, meet me at camera 2. It is an outrage. As Larry said, this is the Senate confirmed director of national intelligence making extraordinary and serious allegations about arguably the biggest story of the last 50 years.
...China caused a worldwide pandemic that resulted in incalculable human and economic loss. And here the United States government is saying that the role of someone who the left considers to be a hero was extensive and extraordinarily deleterious to the interest of the United States. And as best I can tell, you're not covering it New York Times and Washington Post.
Even if you want to knock it down. Even if you want to do serious reporting and say the Gabbard report is flawed, how there could not be a word about this that I've seen?
Mark Halperin is far from alone in noticing this more than obvious pathetic attempt by much of the media to bury this story. Here is but one of many examples on X.Com of people calling out the media over this:
🚨 MEDIA BLACKOUT EXPOSED 🚨
— 🦅 Eagle Wings 🦅 (@CRRJA5) June 21, 2026
These 6 legacy media giants — ABC, CNN, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, and The New York Times — are completely silent on DNI Tulsi Gabbard’s explosive declassification.
It proves Dr. Fauci funded risky Wuhan lab research and helped orchestrate the COVID cover-up… pic.twitter.com/0HQq6UJMWH
