Speaking on MSNBC with host Chris Hayes, Fauci said, “What impressed me, Chris, was how she didn’t suffer any kind of discipline from the Fox network. How could they let her go. said it without comment and without any disciplinary action. I was surprised by that.”
Asked about that on MSNBC Thursday night, Fauci said the comparison was “irrational and disgusting.”
“What she said was unconscionable,” Fauci said, calling it an insult to all victims of the Holocaust. “She is completely slandering me and as usual has no idea what she’s talking about.”
The ADL and AJC have also asked Fox News to remain silent on the matter.
ADL says that Fox News appears to be “immune to shame and allergic to regret.” And the AJC said Fox News was “disturbingly silent.”
However, the right-wing network declined to comment, despite the barrage of criticism it has received.
On Thursday night, following Fauci’s criticism of the channel, a network representative again declined to comment.
Other critics continued to attack the network on Thursday for their unwillingness to condemn the radical rhetoric from Logan.
Eric Fingerhut, head of the Jewish Federation, told CNN’s “New Day” that it was an “outrageous comparison” and suggested that networks like Fox should explain why to their audiences. .
Logan also amplified an attack on the Auschwitz Museum, reposting a user who criticized the organization for her comments.
A representative for the Auschwitz Museum told CNN Wednesday that she has blocked the institution’s account on Twitter.
Logan was formerly a reporter on the popular CBS News show “60 Minutes”. At the network, she faced considerable scrutiny for errors in a report she made about the Benghazi attack, which ultimately led to her apologizing for the wrongdoing. accurate and forced to quit.
Logan left CBS News in 2018 and joined Fox News in 2020. She told The Los Angeles Times upon joining that she wasn’t “trying to be an opinion person,” but has since become one. one of the most conspiratorial speakers of the right-wing channel. heads.
Fauci is scheduled to appear on Fox Business Network for an interview on Friday.
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