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The Media’s Role in Pushing Vaccine Misinformation

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / May 11, 2021 / Andrew Wakefield, Ben Goldacre, Bobby Kennedy, false balance, Huffington Post, Joe Rogan, John Stossel, Katie Couric, media, Oprah, Peter McCullough, scared, Tucker Carlson, Vaccine Misinformation, vaccine scare stories

What’s the media’s role in pushing COVID vaccine misinformation?

Anti-Vax Debate Techniques

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / January 29, 2020 / answers, anti-vaccine movement, astroturfing, cherry picking, conspiracy theories, copypasta, debate, false balance, firehosing, gish gallop, JAQing off, logical fallacy, misinformation, pharma shill, pseudoscience, vaccine scare stories

Anti-vax folks typically have to resort to fallacious debate tactics and techniques to try and trick and scare people into believing them.

The Harlem Vaccine Forum

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / October 11, 2019 / AIDS, Al Sharpton, Bobby Kennedy, Christine Maggiore, Curtis Cost, Eliza Jane Scovill, false balance, Harlem Vaccine Forum, HIV denialism, Jay Gordon, measles outbreaks, Mothering, National Action Network

Why is Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network hosting the anti-vax Harlem Vaccine Forum after they should have seen the effects of their forum about HIV denialism?

Five Things to Know About the Reporting on California’s New Vaccine Law

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / September 22, 2019 / Bob Sears, Bobby Kennedy, clusters, false balance, herd immunity, media, medical exemptions, new vaccine laws, reporters, SB276, SB277

We have seen an increase in false balance in the reporting on California’s new vaccine laws.

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