HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attributed increasing autism rates to environmental toxins. Autism researchers told PolitiFact that lacks evidence and omits other important factors such as growing awareness that help explain the increase.
It can’t be just me, but RFK saying objectively wrong things related to health doesn’t strike me as newsworthy at this point.
On one hand, I understand that reporting the truth is important to ensure it’s out there and people paying attention are aware. On the other, I feel like it gives an air of legitimacy, making it seem more like a debate instead of what it is: a loud idiot with a powerful friend spouting nonsense while failing at a job for which he’s unqualified.
The headline, style, and tone of the article should absolutely be along the lines of “a loud idiot with a powerful friend spouting nonsense while failing at a job for which he’s unqualified”
At least his certainty in blaming environmental factors rules out eugenics as the solution…or at least it would if he were vaguely aware of the concept of logical consistency.
It can’t be just me, but RFK saying objectively wrong things related to health doesn’t strike me as newsworthy at this point.
On one hand, I understand that reporting the truth is important to ensure it’s out there and people paying attention are aware. On the other, I feel like it gives an air of legitimacy, making it seem more like a debate instead of what it is: a loud idiot with a powerful friend spouting nonsense while failing at a job for which he’s unqualified.
Journalists just need to step up their game.
The headline, style, and tone of the article should absolutely be along the lines of “a loud idiot with a powerful friend spouting nonsense while failing at a job for which he’s unqualified”
He’s been talking about how people with autism are a burden on society.
Gearing up for a solution to the autism question.
At least his certainty in blaming environmental factors rules out eugenics as the solution…or at least it would if he were vaguely aware of the concept of logical consistency.