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RFK Jr. Bashes Dana Over CNN’s Covid Censorship

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Newest development Aug 4, 2026 · 3 reportsRFK Jr Just Hammered Dana Bash Relentlessly on What CNN’s Job Really Was During Covid

Dana was not expecting RFK Jr to bash her over the head with uncomfortable facts about CNN’s role […]

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    RFK Jr. Bashes Dana Over CNN’s Covid Censorship

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  1. RedState

  2. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    RFK Jr. targets Fauci and pushes medical misinformation in fiery CNN interview (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    CNN By Aileen Graef, Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — In attempting to rewrite the history of the US Covid-19 response, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Sunday pinned the blame for pandemic lockdowns on Dr.

  3. BizPac Review

    ‘You’re like a parrot’: RFK Jr. verbally brawls with CNN host over having to ‘trust the experts’ (opens BizPac Review)

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    Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and “State of the Union” host Dana Bash clashed Sunday during an at-times-heated discussion of the department’s […]

  4. The Daily Caller

    ‘You’re Like A Parrot’: RFK Jr. Verbally Brawls With CNN’s Dana Bash Over Having To ‘Trust The Experts’ (opens The Daily Caller)

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    ‘You’re Like A Parrot’: RFK Jr. Verbally Brawls With CNN Host Over Having To ‘Trust The Experts’

  5. Salon

    “My job is to find out the truth”: Dana Bash grills RFK Jr. over vaccines (opens Salon)

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    The HHS secretary denied responsibility for the nation's measles surge while defending vaccine skepticism

  6. HuffPost

    'You're Talking Nonsense!': RFK Jr. Totally Crashes Out On CNN Host In Wild Interview (opens HuffPost)

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    Dana Bash hit back at Trump’s health secretary as he tried to don his vaccine skeptic hat on the network.

  7. The Daily Wire

    RFK Jr. Unloads On CNN Anchor Over COVID: ‘You Were Part Of The Problem!’ (opens The Daily Wire)

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    Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. laid into CNN anchor Dana Bash during a Sunday morning interview, arguing that her network — and media across the board — had been complicit in efforts to silence anyone who raised questions about the COVID-19 pandemic orthodoxy.

  8. Media Research Center

    RFK, Jr. DESTROYS CNN’s Dana Bash Over Media Handling of Covid, Fauci (opens Media Research Center)

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    RFK, Jr. DESTROYS CNN’s Dana Bash Over Media Handling of Covid, Fauci admin Sun, 08/02/2026 - 16:52 Article URL https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jorge-bonilla/2026/08/02/rfk-jr-destroys-cnns-dana-bash-over-media-handling-covid-fauci Article Source NewsBusters Article Description The Elitist Medi…

  9. Revolver News

  10. Deadline

    RFK Jr. Clashes With CNN’s Dana Bash About Covid, Fauci, Vaccines & Autism (opens Deadline)

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    “Dana, you probably don’t understand this because you’re not a scientist.” That was Heath and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to CNN’s Dana Bash on State of the Union this morning. It was a true if somewhat confounding statement since, as Bash observed to the HHS honcho in response, “…

  11. American Greatness

    RFK Jr. Clashes With CNN’s Dana Bash, Blames Fauci for COVID Failures (opens American Greatness)

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    Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sparred with CNN anchor Dana Bash on Sunday’s “State of the Union,” repeatedly placing blame for […] Source

  12. The Righting

    RFK Jr. Destroys CNN’s Dana Bash Over Media Handling of Covid and Fauci (opens The Righting)

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    The Elitist Media have largely avoided the Fauci Diaries since its publication and subsequent hearing with their author […]

  13. Unmuzzled News

    RFK Jr Called Dana Bash a Parrot and She Had No Answer For What He Said Next (opens Unmuzzled News)

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    CNN spent five years telling you to trust the experts. Now the man who ran those experts just…

  14. Fox News

    CNN's Dana Bash spars with RFK Jr over vaccine efficacy, demands he 'look into the camera' and push vaccines (opens Fox News)

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    HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. clashed with CNN host Dana Bash over measles vaccine hesitancy after accusing her of committing "press malpractice" on air.

  15. Louder With Crowder

    “Your job is to tell the truth...": RFK Jr has his way with CNN's Dana Bash, accuses her of parroting whatever she is told to (opens Louder With Crowder)

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    Watch Louder with Crowder every weekday at 11:00 AM Eastern, only on Rumble Premium ! CNN’s Dana Bash: “The lockdowns were done by governors. I mean, certainly, Anthony Fauci and the president had opinions, but the lockdowns were done by governors and largely because they were hearing from hospitals…

  16. The Daily Wire

    RFK Jr. Owns Dana Bash Proving Media Fed COVID Hysteria (opens The Daily Wire)

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    In a stunning revelation, Dana Bash admits that it’s her job to tell the American people the truth. Where has that attitude been the last five years? On CNN’s “State of the Union” this weekend, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

  17. Legal Insurrection

    RFK Jr. Turns the Tables on Dana Bash During Heated CNN Showdown (opens Legal Insurrection)

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    "Yeah, of course you want to move on because you were part of the problem. There was absolute press malpractice." The post RFK Jr. Turns the Tables on Dana Bash During Heated CNN Showdown first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion .

  18. Not The Bee

    RFK Jr. went on CNN and gave Dana Bash the smackdown of the century when she brought up Covid (opens Not The Bee)

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    You know the interview was incredible when this is how Politico tries to cope

  19. Blaze Media

    'He was lying': RFK Jr. blasts Dana Bash for pushing Fauci's lies, defending the jab (opens Blaze Media)

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    In her interview on Sunday with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., CNN talking head Dana Bash launched a defense of the COVID-19 vaccine and CNN host Jake Tapper's infamous buddy Anthony Fauci, who is now the subject of an investigation in Florida.

  20. Conservative Review

    RFK: Media Cited Fake ‘Experts’ To Punish Dissent During Covid. Dana Bash: ‘That Is My Job’ (opens Conservative Review)

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    CNN routinely justified major constitutional infringements and helped authoritarians in federal and state governments with narrative control on lockdowns and social distancing.

  21. The Boston Globe

    RFK Jr. pushed falsehoods on COVID and vaccines during a CNN interview. It got heated as Dana Bash challenged him. (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The HHS secretary was pressed on how his department is working to prevent another global pandemic by CNN's Dana Bash.

  22. The Righting

    RFK Jr. Bashes Dana Over CNN’s Covid Censorship (opens The Righting)

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    Dana was not expecting RFK Jr to bash her over the head with uncomfortable facts about CNN’s role […]

  23. Objectivist

  24. Pants on Fire News

    RFK Jr Just Hammered Dana Bash Relentlessly on What CNN’s Job Really Was During Covid (opens Pants on Fire News)

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    Fauci's leaked diary caught Dana Bash sending him friendly texts through the whole Covid lockdown era. On Sunday, Bash sat across from Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr to talk about

  25. The Christian Post

    4 highlights from RFK Jr.'s contentious interview with Dana Bash: 'You were part of the problem' (opens The Christian Post)

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    Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been going viral in recent days for his heated interview with CNN anchor Dana Bash on Sunday.

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