I listened to Laura Ingraham's podcast with RFK Jr.. It was 30 minutes of him pushing anti-vaxx conspiracy theories and medical misinformation, with Ingraham chiming in to praise him and highlight their "common ground." mediamatters.org/laura-ingraham…
Ingraham opened the interview with RFK Jr. by fearmongering that “your kids” will need to take the coronavirus vaccine “before being permitted to go back to school"
Ingraham then praised RFK Jr. for being "all over this issue for so many years, of vaccinations and their safety or, in some cases, lack thereof, and for that he’s gotten an enormous amount of grief."
She knows exactly what she's doing.
She knows exactly what she's doing.
True to form, RFK Jr. immediately suggested the vaccines pose a lethal danger, telling Ingraham, “how many deaths are you going to cause in that cohort?”
RFK Jr. went on to tell Ingraham that Fauci conspired with Bill Gates and coronavirus vaccine companies so that "no matter reckless they are, no matter how grievous your injury or death, you cannot sue them."
They have "no incentive to make those vaccines safe,” he added.
They have "no incentive to make those vaccines safe,” he added.
Kennedy blamed Fauci for failing to investigate why rates of autism, allergies, and autoimmune diseases increased, insinuating that he was deliberately covering up the role child vaccinations had supposedly played.
Ingraham's response: "I think you hit the nail on the head.”
Ingraham's response: "I think you hit the nail on the head.”
Ingraham concluded the interview by telling RFK Jr., "politically we might be different on a whole host of issues, but on an issue so important and complex such as this, there’s a lot of common ground, and I think it’s fascinating.”
Ingraham's audience was primed to believe anything negative about Fauci. So RFK Jr. used that angle to promote his anti-vaxx message. And Ingraham made it happen because she's pandering to the anti-vaxx crowd on the right.
Just a really bad situation.
Just a really bad situation.
Fox hosts could be working to convince their audience to get vaccinated and stay alive. Instead, they're doing stuff like this. Just incredibly cowardly and despicable. mediamatters.org/laura-ingraham…
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