Opinion: How journalists can cover RFK Jr.’s antivax presidential run responsibly
Donald Trump showed us how dangerous it is to dismiss a conspiracy theorist with a chip on his shoulder and a famous name.
Of course it was news when Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that he is running for president. When he does anything, it is news, mostly because of his name.
In his early career, he used science and the law to hold our regulatory infrastructure to account, resulting in environmental gains, including cleanup of the Hudson River. Even then, he was criticized by his colleagues for being fast and loose with science.
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