In years past, as RFK, Jr. called into question the safety of vaccines, he contended primarily with censorship. A spectacular recent example of this was the almost complete media blackout of his book, The Real Anthony Fauci. Every statement in the book is documented with a citation of primary sources including federal agency documents, peer reviewed medical literature, and public records. Any reader can easily evaluate these sources. The Kindle edition features hyperlinks to the documents. Nevertheless, not a single major newspaper reviewed the book, and not a single network or cable broadcaster with the exception of Tucker Carlson interviewed the author.
As a presidential candidate, RFK, Jr. is still contending with constant censorship in the corporate media. However, with the recent rise in popularity of independent media outlets and podcasters such as Joe Rogan and Jordan Peterson—and with Bill Maher maintaining his independence—it has become progressively more difficult to silence him.
This last week, the legacy media opened a fresh and coordinated attack against the presidential candidate—that is, they flooded the zone with assertions that he is a conspiracy theorist. Flooding or fire-hosing is a well-known propaganda technique of broadcasting the same message repetitively and simultaneously over multiple media channels.
Hit pieces calling Kennedy a conspiracy theorist were published by NPR and CNN on Thursday, July 13. And then, on Saturday, July 15, the flood gates opened following Kennedy’s remarks (captured in an undercover video). He was in conversation at a press event about the frequently observed and documented fact that some ethnic groups appear to be more susceptible to severe COVID-19 illness than others.
Though all of his statements were based on a vast literature and recent reporting on ethnically targeted bioweapons, his reference to the well-documented fact that Ashkenazi Jews seem to be less susceptible to severe COVID-19 than other ethnic groups was pounced on and used against him in a blitz of terrible and misleading reporting. Especially notable was an attack piece in the National Review calling him a “lunatic conspiracy theorist.” Just three months ago, this same magazine published a long piece titled The Coming Threat of a Genetically Engineered ‘Ethnic Bioweapon.’
What is a conspiracy theory? In my recent book, The Courage to Face COVID-19: Preventing Hospitalization and Death While Battling the Bio-Pharmaceutical Complex, which I co-authored with Dr. Peter, McCullough, I give numerous examples of how anyone—even an eminently qualified scientist or researcher—who questions the prevailing orthodoxy about a range of public policy issues will likely be labelled a “conspiracy theorist.”
Since the JFK assassination, “conspiracy theorist” has become a pejorative, accusatory label like “racist” or “sexist.” Through common usage, the label has become charged with the power to smear and dismiss someone outright without supporting evidence.
The greatest trick that powerful interest groups ever pulled was convincing the world that everyone who detects and reports their activities is a “conspiracy theorist.” Only the naivest consumer of mainstream news reporting would fail to recognize that powerful interest groups in the military, financial, and bio-pharmaceutical industries work in concert to further their interests. Their activities cross the line into conspiracy when they commit fraud or other crimes. The term “conspiracy theory” suggests the feverish imaginings of a crackpot mind. This ignores the fact that the United States government prosecutes the crime of conspiracy all the time. As one prominent defense attorney described this reality:
Any time the government believes that it can allege that two or more individuals were a part of a common agreement to commit the same crime, they will include a charge of conspiracy in the indictment. There is no requirement that all of the members of the conspiracy even know about each other, or even know each other personally.
As far as “theory” goes, every prosecutor develops a theory of a crime and presents it to the jury. If you are a concerned citizen and you perceive that your government officials and media are not telling the truth about a vitally important matter, you have no choice but to formulate a theory of what is going on. Developing a theory to explain a pattern of ascertainable facts is a rational attempt to detect and expose criminal conduct. To be sure, some theories are more plausible than others. Some are logical and coherent; others are wild and contradictory.
