In a two-part interview airing Tuesday and Wednesday, the PBS News Hour nterviewed controversial COVID responder Dr. Anthony Fauci, former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, who has a new autobiography out. But Fauci was fawned over by tax-funded PBS, couching mild criticism in general terms and steering away from truly important issues about COVID.
Bennett prodded Fauci to discuss the response he led to the 1980s AIDS crisis, with activists putting on garish protests about the government’s slow response. Larry Kramer of ACT UP called Fauci a murderer and an idiot. Fauci praised the gay activists, calling it “an enlightening experience because the activists were right.”
Part Two of the interview got into COVID politics and his clashes with his boss, President Donald Trump, but Fauci remained immune to any tough questioning by Bennett. He…
