Dana was not expecting RFK Jr to bash her over the head with uncomfortable facts about CNN’s role during the Covid pandemic. Keep in mind, CNN was front and center speaking and writing approvingly about everything Fauci and Birx promoted during that time, while woking overtime to assist in censoring viewpoints that weren’t the approved narrative.

CNN and other media outlets ran with all the scissors they could find to make Fauci, Birx, the CDC and state public “health” officials look good. The knives came out time and again against anyone who pushed back on “THE SCIENCE.” 

Remember Ivermectin and all the media stories about horse dewormer? People who survived Covid and doctors who were fired for prescribing it sure as hell do. But here’s CNN back in 2021 claiming it’s unsafe for humans. 

Public health officials are aggressively dispelling claims by right-wing media personalities who have been promoting an anti-parasitic drug used for livestock as a potential Covid-19 treatment.
“You are not a horse. You are not a cow,” the US Food and Drug Administration tweeted Saturday. “Seriously, y’all. Stop it.”

~Snip

For example, for months in 2020, these same personalities pushed the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine as a possible treatment, despite studies indicating it was not effective and health officials warning that taking it could have negative side effects.

The FDA has warned for months that ivermectin can be unsafe and has said that it has “received multiple reports of patients who have required medical support and been hospitalized after self-medicating with ivermectin intended for horses.” While there are human uses for ivermectin, the FDA has not approved it for treatment or prevention of Covid-19 in humans and the drug is not an anti-viral medication.

What CNN, Dana, Fauci, the rest of the media and much of the Swamp wanted no one to know what that Ivermectin was developed for humans …FIRST. Secondly, they published fear-mongering reports against Ivermectin to keep people from utilizing it as part of their protocol against Covid. Third, many in the media still today want no mention of Ivermectin or the FDA’s sneaky under the radar approval in public view.

No one in the mainstream media has ever admitted their role in suppressing information that went against the narrative. Even today they won’t admit it. 

Which brings us to Dana getting Bash’d by RFK Jr yesterday. It was an epic smackdown. 

RFK Jr. EXPLODES on Dana Bash: “You are saying NONSENSE!”

Kennedy refused to let Bash move on after she declared that the “COVID vaccine worked.”

Kennedy then challenged Bash to cite a single study showing that the vaccine did more good than harm for children.

She never named… pic.twitter.com/rkSj5QDpUL

— Overton (@overton_news) August 2, 2026

Dana wasn’t able to cite a single study showing kids were protected by masking, learning via ZOOM, and getting vaccinated. Why, because there isn’t one. Dana didn’t even want to address how a combination of therapeutics such as Ivermectin, Zinc, and hydroxychloroquine actually DID help a great many people. And you can darned well bet that she didn’t want to discuss the fact that the media engaged in helping Birx, Fauci, and others promote censorship and applaud rational thinking medical personnel getting fired for going against THE SCIENCE. 

.@SecKennedy NUKES @DanaBashCNN:

"I'm not debating this with you."

"Of course you won't. All you know how to do is repeat things that people told you and say, 'Trust the experts!' That's what you did during Covid. Now we know that Anthony Fauci, who was the 'expert,' was… pic.twitter.com/IVRLJfDSZ6

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) August 2, 2026

It’s evident from the interview that Dana didn’t want to be told that the media was on the front lines of censoring viewpoints that the “experts” didn’t want to hear. 

“We need to protect our constitutional rights, that is the primary obligation of our country,” Kennedy said. “During COVID, we completely dismantled our constitutional rights. We began censoring people in violation of the First Amendment.”

“Forgive me, but you’re just you’re talking about rights, and I’m asking about a potential public health crisis,” Bash said.

“And one of the mistakes we made in the last time was suppressing those rights so people weren’t being heard,” Kennedy said. “Doctors who were saying, you’re doing it wrong, were being marginalized and vilified.”

I know for a fact that doctors were fired for prescribing Ivermectin. In fact, one of those doctors was from my hometown in Wyoming. And, the podcast episode in which he discussed Ivermectin was yanked from Youtube during that time because yes, even Youtube was censoring wrongthink. 

During the podcast, Dr. Woods — who declined to be interviewed by Cowboy State Daily — told Bent of prescribing hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin and other medications not specifically recommended for treatment of coronavirus.

Dr. Woods described how he was fired by Platte County Memorial Hospital, owned by Banner Health, after three warnings to stop administering those medications, a practice the company called “risky.”

The doctor also questioned the safety of giving vaccines and boosters to those with strong natural immunity from the virus, saying he’s seen patients who have gotten “terribly sick” after getting the shot.

By the way, that interview is still up on Rumble. 

CNN laughably tried to run a fact check against RFK Jr’s assertions. 

Research has also found that the vaccines are associated with lower risks of infection, hospitalization and complications in kids. In December, a report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that children who were vaccinated against Covid-19 in the previous respiratory virus season had a “substantially lower risk” of emergency department and urgent care visits related to the virus.

Notice that word… associated. That’s a pretty tepid word for Dana and CNN to claim that vaccines gave kids full protection against Covid. 

The entire interview is well worth your time. Especially since it also covers Dana pushing for more gain-of-function research, discussion about vaccine hesitancy, and more. 

Dana got Bash’d by RFK Jr yesterday. Quite frankly, she deserved it, as does all the rest of the media who is still in the tank for Fauci. 

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