Fox Business Network anchor Melissa Francis dropped a bombshell on her show Friday, revealing that when she worked at CNBC, she was silenced by management for questioning the math behind ObamaCare on television.

In the shocking clip (below) that has picked up major traction on social media, Francis explains that she is not surprised by the lack of media coverage of "Grubergate" because many liberal media outlets are all too happy to help the architects of ObamaCare cover up the truth.

"When I was at CNBC, I pointed out to my viewers that the math of ObamaCare simply didn't work, not the politics, by the way, just the basic math," Francis said.

"And when I did that, I was silenced. I said on the air that you couldn't add millions of people to the system and force insurance companies to cover their preexisting conditions without raising the price on everyone else."

"I pointed out that it couldn't possibly be true that if you like your plan, you can keep it," Francis said. "That was a lie. And in fact, millions of people had their insurance canceled."

"As a result of what I said at CNBC, I was called into management where I was told that I was 'disrespecting the office of the president' by telling what turned out to be the absolute truth."

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Francis joined to Howard Kurtz on "Media Buzz" today to discuss her "silencing" at CNBC.

She explained that this happened roughly four years ago, around the time the administration was arguing for the passage of ObamaCare.

After repeatedly questioning on-air how the money behind ObamaCare could add up, she was called upstairs to her manager's office and told her comments were inappropriate.

"Look, this is math, not politics. I'm talking about dollars and cents. We're a money channel," Francis said. "And I was told I was 'disrespecting the office of the president.'"

She added that she was called in more than once, and on another occasion, she was told she was too political.

When she noted CNBC anchors who were political, such as Larry Kudlow and Joe Kernen, the response was that they were specific people in specific roles and everybody knows that they're out there representing a certain point of view.

Why protect the executives involved and not name names? Kurtz asked.

"It was pervasive across the network, and there was more than one person who told me to stop" Francis explained.

"So to pin it on an individual would allow them to scapegoat one or two people in particular, and I think it was pervasive across the network and that people should know about it."

"The point of business journalism is to illuminate the economic facts."

Kurtz asked why she didn't go public earlier, and she explained that she felt complicit in the Gruber videos, because she tried to illuminate the cost of the bill, but was stopped from doing that.

"I think the American public deserves to know that the reason why Jonathan Gruber and others like him are able to get away with this is because there are networks out there and management at CNBC who are complicit in this cover-up and keeping people ignorant," Francis said.

"You may decide that ObamaCare makes sense, but you need to do it based on the facts. You need to understand the real math, then decide. And that's certainly what we try to do on Fox Business."

Watch Kurtz's must-see "Media Buzz" interview with Francis above and check out his "Grubergate" discussion with Sharyl Attkisson and Julie Roginsky below.

Be sure to let us know what you think about Francis' shocking revelation in the comments.

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UPDATE: Francis stopped by Fox and Friends on Monday morning, hitting back at CNBC for their response to her claim.

A rep for the network told the New York Post, “That’s laughable, but we take notice, because as the fastest-growing network in prime time, we’re always on the lookout for high quality comedy writers and actresses."

Francis said this morning that the response from her former employer is a "classic, very sarcastic [liberal] remark."

"Notice they didn't say it's absolutely not true because I think they know it is true, and it happened on more than one occasion," said Francis.

Watch the segment below, and see more from Melissa weekdays at 2p ET on "Money With Melissa Francis" on Fox Business Network.

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UPDATE: Francis appeared on "The Kelly File" on Monday night and noted that the response from CNBC - which was more of a personal attack than a denial - was glib and sarcastic and treated the whole thing like a joke.

She reiterated that she was correct to question the math behind ObamaCare, and it is information that needed to be out there.

"The American public needs to facts and then if we decide we still want to pay more for insurance so that other people can be covered, fine! But they need the accurate mathematical facts to make a decision."