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Vice’s Hard-Right Turn to Trumpism (theintercept.com)

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[–] Hirom@beehaw.org 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I wasn't aware, that's surprising from NPR. Could you please share the title or link to the NPR articles you're referring to?

[–] ErsatzCoalButter@beehaw.org 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Sure. Here's pair of examples as mentioned. Sorry if this bums you out, it bums me out.

Elon Musk article

RFK Transcript

STONE: It's certainly a strange, almost dizzying moment for the public health field. Kennedy is well known for questioning the scientific consensus, pushing inaccurate information about vaccines. He's founded an antivaccine advocacy group and is generally antagonistic toward mainstream medicine. As NPR has covered, he's promoted unproven treatments for COVID and made other basless claims related to health.

At the same time, there's no denying that on chronic disease prevention, there is some real overlap between what he talks about as his priorities and what you hear from scientists who work in this field. One of them is Barry Popkin, a professor at UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. He says, he would welcome meaningful action on nutrition and the food supply.

BARRY POPKIN: If it comes, I'll support it, and I'll be super surprised, and academia will be behind them and so on. But I do not see that. I fear the worst.

More RFK Credulity

AUBREY: RFK Jr. puts food- and diet-related policy changes at the top of his agenda, getting rid of a host of food additives and dyes and reforming the SNAP food assistance program, formerly known as food stamps. Kennedy says beneficiaries of the program should not be allowed to use their benefits to buy soda or processed foods, and points to the need for change. Dr. Mozaffarian agrees there's plenty of room for innovation in this program.

MOZAFFARIAN: SNAP is one of the biggest handouts to the food industry, including for lots of junk food and unhealthy food. I think it's absolutely critical that states are allowed to innovate and try new approaches and test them.

[–] Hirom@beehaw.org 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I understand being bumed out by what's being reported in these articles, these are bad news. But I don't see an obvious hard right turn in how NPR is reporting. The article on Elon even mentions criticism for SpaceX's environmental impact.