Jay RosenJul 26, 2023

"Describing [RFK's] views as ‘controversial,’ I think, is dishonest. They’re not controversial. They’re false. He’s not spreading controversial views, he’s spreading lies. And so the framing matters enormously, and that’s something that I foresee being a huge, huge issue in the 2024 campaign."

Agreed!

Some key distinctions made by journalist Seth Mnookin in this sharp interview. (He wrote a book about the anti-vaccine movement in 2011.)

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/robert-f-kennedy-jr-seth-mnookin-panic-virus-deadly-immunity-interview_n_64c137b7e4b0ad7b75fadc32

#journalism #uspol #science

Author Who Debunked RFK Jr. A Decade Ago Thinks His Candidacy Is ‘Pretty Depressing’

"Describing his views as ‘controversial,’ I think, is dishonest," author Seth Mnookin said of the long-shot Democratic presidential hopeful.

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@jayrosen_nyu I think the most important description of RFK Jr is "inconsequential". But his views - which are an offshoot of Jenny McCarthy's and are based on the same Ron Paul industry that gave us Gold IRAs - need to be discredited. Because many of those views are shared by the MAGA Republicans, and dispatching them early in the game will destroy the Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/07/25/gold-ira-conservative-media/
How right-wing news powers the ‘gold IRA’ industry

Ads for gold coins have become a mainstay on Fox News, Newsmax and other conservative outlets, even as regulators have accused some companies of defrauding elderly clients.

The Washington Post
Jul 29, 2023 at 3:33pmWeb