Mother Jones: Media Failed to Convey RFK Jr.'s 'Derangement' Before HHS Confirmation
David Corn argues outlets described Kennedy as a vaccine skeptic rather than extreme opponent, masking conspiracy theories that pose national security risks.
What to know
- Mother Jones argues the media failed to convey Kennedy's extreme vaccine opposition and conspiracy theories, describing him as a mere "skeptic" rather than a dangerous extremist.
- Kennedy has promoted debunked claims including that vaccines cause autism, that COVID vaccines are the deadliest ever made, and that the CIA planned a pandemic to impose totalitarian control.
- The article asserts Kennedy's appointment as HHS secretary poses national and global security risks, yet has received insufficient media scrutiny and public resistance.
The dispute Whether the primary failure is media coverage of Kennedy specifically, or part of a broader failure to scrutinize Trump and his administration across all issues. · positions read across 51 posts and comments
Kennedy is dangerously unfit and poses severe health and security risks that media failed to adequately expose.
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“RFK Jr is a criminal psychopath who is determined to "cull" humanity with his version of Nazi Eugenics.”
rfischoff.bsky.social · Bluesky ↗
Media failure is systemic and extends far beyond Kennedy—they have failed on Trump and broader issues for years.
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“The media has failed the public in SO MANY ways. For a very long time.”
tracyg9273.bsky.social · Bluesky ↗
Kennedy's unfitness is obvious to the public, but the Trump administration and parts of media support him anyway out of partisan loyalty.
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“Well now I'm not sure that I beleive that the American people do not realize he acts so "bat shit crazy", it is only the admin of this country that thinks he is good.”
az-2026.bsky.social · Bluesky ↗
“The media has failed the public on a crucial matter: the derangement of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.”
David Corn, Mother Jones columnist · Mother Jones
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. HHS Secretary nominee
David Corn Journalist and columnist
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What people are saying 23 voices from 1 site · best of 51 · verbatim
- Aug 31
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They failed on the madness of King Donald and now won't examine the health of any Republican politician.
- Aug 30
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Totally agree. He's insane. He fears Doritos more than he fears polio.
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kudos to Mother Jones, tho, tbf, no trump cabinet secretary appears both sane & competent
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And he lied to Congress under oath about his trip to Somoa, while they go after Fauci
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Failure by Design Active Measures No Justice
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RFK Jr.'s confirmation by the GOP Senate was "an act of abysmal recklessness and irresponsibility. Out of mindless loyalty to Trump or fear of him... [He is] potentially deadly..." If media reported truthfully on Kennedy's madness, they would have to report truthfully on Trump's. So children die.
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We need a savant like Rain Man to keep us up with EVERY SINGLE LIE 🤥 that Trump and his Regime say, every single day ☀️, every single night 🌙. It’s just WAY TOO EXHAUSTING 🥱 to count the lies 🤥 every single time. It’s the problem with being in an abusive relationship. The abuser just NEVER 👎 stops.
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If Trump lives long enough he will pardon him. These crimes are heinous.
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The media has failed the public in SO MANY ways. For a very long time.
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Seriously, was anyone really expecting something different?
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The Mainstream Media has failed the public on almost EVERYTHING.
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Why so many United Statians beleive this man?
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If they failed about 🍊💩 how cld you expect any different from them about this person.
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Killing other Americans bc he thinks he’s better. Nazi
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Torturing animals, abusing loved ones, callously causing the death of children and the unwell with zero regret or accountability...
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I dunno - from an outsiders perspective he always seemed batshit crazy
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Unfortunately, among many such failures. One can’t blame everything on traditional media, though in many cases they sure haven’t helped.
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He is a danger to the health of all Americans just as the madness of Queen DonOLD is a danger to the world.
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RFK Jr is a criminal psychopath who is determined to “cull” humanity with his version of Nazi Eugenics. If we don’t stop him, he will ultimately become the human history’s most evil monster, responsible for the murder of millions of innocent people.
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Well now I’m not sure that I beleive that the American people do not realize he acts so “bat shit crazy”, it is only the admin of this country that thinks he is good. That shows the mentality of the admin not the people of America and it is unfortunate some of the media is “AFRAID”.
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His derangement is honestly kinda cute compared to Trump's tho, and they've dropped the ball on that at least as badly
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He will get more people killed than all the rest of this god-forsaken cabinet combined.
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Sure. But they have an even bigger deraanged man leading them. They are all deranged in my book.