Twice in my career (different jobs, not current one) RFK Jr. called my boss's bosses to complain about stories I published, and got their attention because of his name. He is dangerous, dishonest & wrong about everything, and anyone covering or sharing info about him should be QUITE CLEAR about that - ThreadSky

laurahelmuth.bsky.social • 615 days ago

Twice in my career (different jobs, not current one) RFK Jr. called my boss's bosses to complain about stories I published, and got their attention because of his name. He is dangerous, dishonest & wrong about everything, and anyone covering or sharing info about him should be QUITE CLEAR about that

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sunflowerdbadger.bsky.social•615 days ago

Oh did he have enough sway to change the story?

laurahelmuth.bsky.social•615 days ago

Nope! But he had enough sway that my bosses'-bosses made me talk to him. I agreed as long as I could write about the conversation & show he was wrong. https://slate.com/technology/2013/06/robert-f-kennedy-jr-vaccine-conspiracy-theory-scientists-and-journalists-are-covering-up-autism-risk.html

sunflowerdbadger.bsky.social•615 days ago

Heh, nice. Does he just yell at people till he believes they agree with him?

caesaroaks.bsky.social•615 days ago

I like the olive branch at the end. Hopefully someone educates him on the workings of science far beyond vaccine science.

sunflowerdbadger.bsky.social•615 days ago

My man's probably reading a script a pr firm gave him so he sounds less unhinged

izzyg.bsky.social•615 days ago

In the intervening 10 years he's learned nothing but how to get even worse people to amplify his views

hectorcoronado.bsky.social•615 days ago

Hi Laura! Didn’t get a chance to meet you in person last week but super excited to have joined SciAm!

laurahelmuth.bsky.social•615 days ago

Welcome! We're so glad you joined us. Great to see you here, too.

laurahelmuth.bsky.social•615 days ago

He has tons of connections and name-recognition, and now he's getting amplified by Apartheid Clyde and trending. He's one of the most dangerous public figures of our time and responsible for preventable deaths of people who refused vaccines because of his messianic misinformation campaign

tinadesireeberg.com•615 days ago

My favorite is when they try to claim he is anti establishment. Truly bizarre. I think it exemplifies how an anti vax stances are now a wedge issue with RW extremists and wealthy Jenny McCarthy liberals.

mlamb.bsky.social•615 days ago

He’s getting tons of monetary support from bad actors who want a spoiler to damage Biden,

burakcoskun.bsky.social•615 days ago

I listed 1.5 hours of his Rogan podcast. Most things he was saying sounded outright bullshit and easily falsifyable, there might be some truth as well in what he is saying like some of the mandated vaccines might be just for some group of people to make money.

burakcoskun.bsky.social•615 days ago

for me the punchline was as he called in the podcast himself,

he attributes the increase in metabolic diseases in the USA to the vaccine mandate for babies and children.
he did not even mention poor diet, lack of movement, bad emotional health etc. on the increase of metabolic diseases.just absurd.

burakcoskun.bsky.social•615 days ago

and I did not know anything about this guy until he appears in Joe Rogan and until the debate on twitter.

ablington.bsky.social•615 days ago

you’re lucky to have been in the dark until that point.

janehu.bsky.social•614 days ago

laura, you were the first person i thought of when i heard about his campaign! glad you are speaking out about this again

gregofla.bsky.social•615 days ago

He is a grifter living off the family name. That sounds familiar.

gummoe.bsky.social•615 days ago

Not MY future ambassador to Slovenia

nerduno.bsky.social•615 days ago

His poor dad would roll over in his grave.

ejwillingham.bsky.social•615 days ago

He published an entire hit piece on me once bc he was so mad about things I wrote… and then mysteriously deleted it, I’ve always figured on advice of counsel. And yes, he is absolutely dishonest, dangerous, and wrong.

richg.bsky.social•608 days ago

I'm not disagreeing but it can be dangerous to make sweeping generalized claims like someone is "wrong about everything". Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Would be a shame for someone to reject a truth he shares as a result of this IMHO. Thanks for sharing your personal opinion though!

perchorin.bsky.social•615 days ago

OMG @beckyhammer.bsky.social

julesk.me•615 days ago

That means you are making changes if the attention is on you. Don’t give up

erynfaye.com•615 days ago

Exactly. What Jules said. And please let us know how we can support you so you aren’t doing it alone.

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