Carrying water for President Biden’s reelection campaign, and motivated by a misguided desire to protect us from misinformation, the American media refuses to cover the Democratic presidential candidacy of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., even though he’s polling about the same as Ron DeSantis on the Republican side. They say they don’t cover him because we’re not interested, but they’re obviously more worried that we are.
We Don’t Report, We Decide
Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication, WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal, a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "The Stringer."
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When the anti-vaxxer was Donald Trump, they still allowed his woo-woo on the air. The blocking of RFK Jr. has nothing to do with protecting us. The more likely reality is that Biden can’t handle the strain of being primaried, especially in a three-way debate with RFK Jr. and Williamson. 2024 looks like it could be a major fracture point in American politics as both parties (and the media) seem to have painted themselves into corners.
The press does cover RFK. Just a few days ago … Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeatedly suggested that chemicals in water are impacting sexuality of children.
Here’s another article about Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Airs Bigoted New Covid Conspiracy Theory About Jews and Chinese: The long-shot candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination has a history of embracing conspiracy theories. His latest comments claimed the virus spared certain ethnic and religious groups.