As journalist Glenn Greenwald writes, the Post previously framed the group as appealing to “both fiscal conservatives and animal rights activists” in a 2016 article headlined “Should dogs be guinea pigs in government research? A bipartisan group says no.” The corporate outlet also went ton to sing the praises of WCW’s activism throughout the Trump administration.
“So The Post, like most major media outlets, has been reporting on the successes of the White Coat Waste Project fairly and favorably for years,” Greenwald insisted.
It wasn’t until Fauci, Chief Medical Adviser to President Joe Biden, was elevated by the media into the public eye, that The Washington Post became defensive and launched an attack on WCW. The attack attempted to “falsely smear it as a right-wing extremist group motivated not by a genuine concern for the welfare of animals or wasteful government spending, but rather due to a partisan desire, based in MAGA ideology, to attack Fauci.”
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In the dog reports, the White Coat Waste Project revealed that the NIAID paid hundreds of thousands of grant dollars to a lab in Tunisia, Africa, to experiment using parasite-carrying flies on beagles. The beagles were reportedly “vocalizing in pain” as they were “eaten alive” by flies. However, that shocking discovery did not seem to faze WaPo, which was more concerned that Fauci’s already-flailing reputation might be further damaged.
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Greenwald reported that WCW was accommodating of reporter Beth Reinhard’s requests and even provided her documentation that went “far beyond what non-profit advocacy groups typically disclose.” The documents showed that most of their donations are small and come from individuals through a website. When Reinhard did not find what she was looking for, she demanded that WCW Vice President Justin Goodman answer whether the group had “turned donations away from pro-Trump or conservative groups whom I would expect would embrace your campaign targeting Fauci?”
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“We already have disclosed our largest donor, which is the grassroots, and it’s been our largest funder for many years in Democrat and GOP Administrations,” Goodman explained. “We have not turned down, solicited or received a dime from any Pro-Trump or conservative groups, nor have any approached us before or during #BeagleGate.”
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Greenwald said the attempted smearing of WCW continued on a phone call with Reinhard and her colleague Yasmeen Abutaleb.
“They even suggested that by encouraging people to call the NIH telephone lines to protest this experimentation, they might be making it difficult for people with questions about COVID to get through,” Greenwald explained. “The obvious premise of the entire conversation was one completely antithetical to the journalistic ethos: it is immoral to do anything that reflects negatively on Dr. Fauci now, no matter how true or warranted it might be, because his importance is too great to risk undermining him.”
Goodman denounced WaPo’s actions in a statement.
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