RFK Jr. and Covid

 

    Throughout the election cycle, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has faced a diversity of different responses regarding his statements questioning the efficacy of the Covid 19 vaccine. The media itself has also responded to his statements in varying degrees, with NEWSMAX and CNN demonstrating just how different the media frames RFK Jr. and his statements.

    In the article "RFK Jr. repeats unfounded Covid-19 claims while defending himself from antisemitism accusations" published by CNN, Liz Brown-Kaiser present RFK Jr.'s questioning of the Covid 19 as misinformation that follows his historical pattern of deplorable speculation (Brown-Kaiser 2023). The article also includes words to characterize RFK Jr. such as "reprehensible and insensitive" as a means to condemn RFK Jr. 

    Converse to the CNN article, NEWSMAX's Ali Swenson categorizes RFK Jr.'s claims in a different way. Swenson specifically refers to RFK Jr.s comments about the Covid-19 vaccine as nothing more than "vocal distrust," and the article doesn't criticize Kennedy in any way (Swenson 2023).

References: 

Brown-Kaiser, Liz. “RFK Jr. Repeats Unfounded Covid-19 Claims While Defending Himself from Antisemitism Accusations | CNN Politics.” CNN, Cable News Network, 15 Dec. 2023, www.cnn.com/2023/12/15/politics/robert-kennedy-covid-vaccine-antisemitism/index.html.

Swenson, Ali. “RFK Jr.. Drops Dem Bid for White House, Goes Independent.” Newsmax, Newsmax Media, Inc. Newsmax Media, Inc., 9 Oct. 2023, www.newsmax.com/us/robert-kennedy-rfk-jr-democrat/2023/10/09/id/1137514/.