Viewpoint: ‘Exposing lies’’ or manufacturing them? RFK Jr.’s new podcast alarms health experts

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is launching a new podcast that he says will begin “a new era of radical transparency in government”….

The show, titled “The Secretary Kennedy Podcast,” will … feature Kennedy, a longtime anti-vaccine crusader who has reshaped the country’s health policy, in conversation with doctors, scientists and agency staff ….

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Joining the Trump administration last year gave Kennedy a new platform for his views, some of which contradict the overwhelming consensus of scientists. A podcast could further elevate those ideas, and further remove HHS agencies from their long-held reputation as a “safe harbor for information,” said Lawrence Gostin, a public health law expert at Georgetown University.

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Critics suggested the show would be used to spread falsehoods. It’s “just another official channel to spread misinformation that will inject more dangerous conspiracy theories into the mainstream,” said Grace Silva, spokesperson for 314 Action, a left-leaning political action committee aimed at electing scientists in Congress.

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