‘Out of Context’: Morning Joe Defends Fauci Diaries Before Hearing– www.newsbusters.org

Before Dr. Anthony Fauci pleaded the Fifth Amendment at a Senate hearing after the release of his diaries from the pandemic, Wednesday’s Morning Joe gave a preview of the hearing where 8 AM host Jonathan Lemire defended Fauci and called much of it “taken out of context.”

Lemire also minimized the possible Chinese lab origins of COVID-19 and possible U.S. funding of gain-of-function labs, which he called “unproven.”

Just as the Senate hearing was set to begin, Lemire introduced the hearing as “Fauci is expected to face some tough questions about the origins of COVID-19 and the federal government’s response to the virus.”

On Wednesday, Morning Joe finally reported on the Fauci diary release before he appeared at a Senate hearing and pleaded the Fifth.

Unsurprisingly, Jonathan Lemire defended Fauci and his diaries, as he said: “Some of this is being taken out of context.” pic.twitter.com/rAwytdRe1x

— Nick (@nspin310) July 29, 2026

The MS NOW host then detailed released pages of Fauci’s diary and focused on his talk of a “newfound celebrity status”:

This comes just days after Senator Rand Paul (R-KY)released more than 1000 pages of Fauci’s diary entries from the early months of the pandemic. In some of the entries, Fauci does reveal how much he enjoyed his newfound celebrity status, calling it “flattering.” (…)