RFK Jr. Senate Hearings May Further Erode Trust in the Corporate Media
Corporate media trust is at an all-time low, and the confirmation hearings for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be Secretary of Health and Human Services could deal another blow as Kennedy is presented with an opportunity to speak openly without being filtered through a mainstream media lens.
President-elect Donald Trump tapped RFK Jr., the son of former United States Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and nephew of former President John F. Kennedy, to lead the HHS after Kennedy bowed out of a moderately successful independent presidential bid to endorse Trump.
Kennedy’s nomination drew intense backlash from the medical establishment and corporate media. He has been labeled a conspiracy theorist by his critics and much of the opposition to him has centered on past statements, particularly about vaccines and the environment.
A group of 77 Nobel Laureates wrote a scathing Dec. 9 letter urging the Senate not to confirm Kennedy.
“We strongly urge you to vote against the confirmation of his appointment as Secretary of the DHHS,” the letter read, citing Kennedy’s past stances on vaccines, community water fluoridation, a lack of public health credentials and labeled him a “belligerent critic” of some of the agencies that would fall under his purview as HHS Secretary, including the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). (Read more from “RFK Jr. Senate Hearings May Further Erode Trust in the Corporate Media” HERE)
