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WAVY News 10 reporter Chris Horne insists Robert F. Kennedy Jr. address measles after a Trump administration staffer interrupts his questions to say they're not talking about measles: "He's the highest-ranking health official in the country. He can answer that question. He's a Cabinet Secretary."
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reporters like this are not appreciated enough for being on the front lines and holding this clown feet to the fire
the most incompetent, unqualified secretary of health in history, who has made a career out of undermining vaccines, thinks he can dodge questions about a measles outbreak?? absolutely not. answer the question, you useless freak
For the past year and a half they can say whatever fool thing comes into their mind and no one can hold them to account. I'd bet that the only reason the aide tried to shut him up was because of the upcoming election.
This is to shift blame to globally unvaccinated dirty poor people who do need vaccinations because raw milk isn't available there or whatever (blame shifted to other governments/countries/economic development you know, bigotry!).
His position: Others should take their shots so a few privileged nuts in the US don't have to. This is flawed on too many levels to list.
But the biggie is that global population shuffling means that every child needs it. USAID defunding fits in here too but that's why he included "covid era" to shift blame back in time, too.
I’m happy I’m not the only one!! WDYM RFK JR JUST SAID UNVACCINATED PEOPLE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MEASLES OUTBREAKS 😭😭 he literally could have said some bullshit like that our modern diets and lifestyles are weakening our immune systems, but no, he literally went to straight to blaming the unvaccinated?? I think Big Healthcare is paying him to get people sick. He hates us. He hates us and wants us to die. I’m going to get measles just to spread it to him. He won’t get away with this.
He drove her right over with her weak ass rejection, sadly this was an easy target, do some of the real fools so they are broken apart with their evil antics. Would have liked to hear a follow up on RFK sad attempt claiming its a global thing, its not, everyone else are in control due to vaccines, but RFK is living in his own heard and think he’s a genius.
And MALE, such a rare occurrence. Usually it’s the brave, professional women that put themselves on the front line with these unqualified people and Trump and with absolutely no support from other journalists.
Idk what the reporter looks like, but he has a very deep, strong and commanding voice, and I know he had them shaking in their boots. We absolutely need more of this.
My mom is always quick to point them out too..and how their comrades don't come to their aid when the administration lashes out at them for stepping out of line.
Journalists aren't supposed to toe the line. They're supposed to hold the powerful accountable. They're supposed to ask the tough questions no one wants to answer.
It's because there aren't many true reporters left. All major outlets are owned by right wing billionaires, so pushing too far is just going to get you fired.
This is even true of WAVY! It's owned by Nexstar, one of such right wing billionaire companies, and is honestly super slimy, but Chris Horne is the man. Also a very funny guy, he is very passionate about how evil otters are lol
It seems like the only reason it was allowed is because he’s a male reporter and you can hear his tone got firm when he followed up. Had that been a woman reporter, she would’ve just been shut down like all the other times when they press for answers.
To his credit (and I feel vile for just saying that) he just said that the outbreak is at least in part due to lack of vaccinations, particularly as a result of COVID. Something which is not entirely correct, but is believe to be a contributing factor.
Anyone finds it hilarious that his wikipedia bio mentions 'conspiracy theorist' as one of his titles, right next to 'US Secretary of Health and Human Services'?
He really is. As a consequence, the so called "premier" universities of the US has lost so much respect from me during this shitshow. This moron went to fucking Harvard? Hegseth went to both Princeton and Harvard and Bessent went to Yale?? How the fuck is it possible that such cretins were admitted?
And horrifically enough, just as the World Series includes US and Canada teams, Canada too has measles outbreaks currently, also as a result of this asshole hawking his conspiracy theories.
You know just a moment ago I saw a post about the world series and I was like, hmmm, strange haven't heard anything about that on the news here in my non American country. Let's check out what teams are playing and to my very limited surprise, only American teams are permitted to play in the WORLD SERIES. I think this evening my kids and I are going to play a game, and you know what, we're going to make it the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS in whatever game we're playing, and nobody but us can participate so one of us will be WORLD CHAMPION of IDK Uno or something.
Yeah, ok, I was also confused by that. We're having a global measles outbreak all around the world? Really? Is he suggesting that measles is spreading even in places where people aren't shunning vaccines?
Well, globally, there are many outbreaks of measles. Those outbreaks just so happen to be clustered around communities that have shunned vaccines, because there just happens to be many such communities around the world, thanks in no small part to RFK Jr.
But 80% to 90% of Americans will believe him, because if there’s one thing Americans are certain of, it’s this: “We’re better than the rest of the world.” The current propaganda in the US is no longer necessarily “America is Great.” Instead, the message is that things might be bad here, but they’re worse everywhere else.
So if the US has a measles problem, the average American’s natural assumption is that the rest of the world must have an even worse measles problem.
The fact that Americans know absolutely nothing about the rest of the world (except what they’re told through propaganda) and don’t want to know anything either doesn’t help matters.
yeah, come on. at the absolute most it's like 30% of americans that support these idiots, and i would wager it's now closer to 20% since they've spent the last year fucking up constantly. even some of their own base is starting to think they're dumb
and i say this directly after getting into an argument with my maga father who thinks universal healthcare "doesn't work anywhere" despite us being the only first world country left without it
Yes, and I wasn’t talking about support. I was talking about the belief of Americans in their own superiority.
Both conservative and liberal Americans believe in this superiority of the United States. Most Americans can’t imagine that any other country could do something better than the US.
Agreed. Most Americans are actually in favor of vaccines. 93% favor access to vaccines while somewhere north of 70% will always vaccinate according to the recommended schedule.
I'd say I'm on the harsher side of cynicism towards me fellow Americans but, dude... 80% minimum? The country isn't quite as stupid as we like to joke. It's more like 20-40% (may) believe him, or any of the other MAGA sock puppets. Fortunately, its gotten so bad that a large portion of even the most stubborn MAGA minded are questioning, if not outright calling BS on the constant barrage of lies, BS, fabrications, and grandeur from the RFKs, Kegsbreaths, and Trumps are spouting.
49.6 % of adults have at least an AA (Associates, 2 yr degree) or higher.
Not all intelligent people go on to get higher education.
22% of the population, 29% of adults, and 49% of voters voted for MAGA
Our Democracy is under attack by the 0.1% and their takeover of communication channels. The dumber ones tend to vote R and smarter tend to vote D... it's a correlation, not a rule
There's plenty of dumb people that see through MAGA BS and lies
There's plenty of smart people who voted for MAGA for selfish, stupid, and/or bigoted reasons
There's a lot of evidence that tampering with the elections did happen...
...but not the way Trump would disingenuous have us believe
Our problem is media. We're being manipulated in ways most of us couldn't begin to imagine - we're just now beginning to peel back the curtain (e.g. Yandex's relationship to far-right discourse).
Sadly, measles is making a bit of a comeback now. Rise of anti-vaxers (see: our health secretary), dropping funding from the WHO, and all kinds of other NGO funding has had a significant impact to shift things back a bit. It’s such a cheap and effective vaccine, so much progress was made in the past decades.
I looked it up, and in fact it is worldwide. CDC lists the top 10 countries with outbreaks, and the US isn’t one of them. More interesting to me, though, is all 10 of the countries, with the possible exception of South Africa, are Third World countries or developing countries, however you want to put it. In other words, countries that can’t afford or don’t want to afford vaccinating people. Bangladesh “leads” with 65,439 cases in 2026, while there have been 4,410 cases this year in the US. The problem is that we can afford to vaccinate everyone, but knuckle draggers have devalued vaccinations so people mistrust them.
So, I am confused Secretary Kennedy. Are vaccinations good or bad? Sure sounds like you are saying they would have prevented an outbreak of measles, yet you also said this ""No vaccine is safe and effective,".
So, is the vaccine for measles safe and effective then?
He'll be blaming covid for his fuck ups in 2028 when reporters are asking 100s, maybe 1000s of preventable deaths happening. Might be covids fault for the rest of his life.
This is the most confusing part of the entire exchange to me. Is his defence now that those who refused vaccines during the COVID pandemic are the reason why we are seeing a measles outbreak? I definitely think a follow up question/s is merited not only on his seemingly abrupt about-face on vaccines but what link to COVID pandemic vaccines is he trying to make here. ( Note I find him and his historic anti-vaxx stance dangerous and reprehensible)
The connection I make is that the mixed messaging and suspicion around the new Covid vax made anti-vaxxers more empowered/numerous. I don’t think it’s a coincidence we are having vaccine preventable illnesses in early childhood educational centers 6 years after the pandemic shitshow.
“We screamed about how vaccines were bad during COVID so a bunch of people didn’t get vaccinated, now everyone has measles. This is happening because of gay communist antifa democrats”
We have an outbreak because "so many people went unvaccinated during COVID."
That's the quote in the goddamn clip. Bring back DEI (notice how this isn't a talking issue anymore?!) because its way better than all these unqualified, meritless, nepo freaks and sycophants.
That’s crazy and easy to disprove. I took the Covid vaccine. I also recently did IVF and a HiV/AIDS test is part of the process. Shocker I have neither.
Bit unrelated. When Wayne Knight's character dies in Jurassic Park, a cartoon slipping sound effect is added when he slips and falls down the stream. Literally the same scene he gets ripped apart by a Dilophosaurus. Just something hilarious I noticed for a scene that's supposed to horrific.
We're currently living in the early stages of a mass extinction event of our own making. Don't worry. It's just gonna be slower and more painful but we'll get there.
That was very good, I think 99/100 reporters wouldn’t get an answer there even if they pushed back.
But the guy was straight up not having that shit, and he had the perfect response that cut through. Like basically saying, mate you’re literally the one person in the entire country we should be asking about this.
Yeah that was the interesting bit, most times the assistant would still cut it off again, but they just couldn’t say anything to that, like even the dumbest person can see alright he’s got a point.
Do not mistake this as liking the horrible person that he is, but his voice sounding like that is a symptom of a known medical issue.
And as easy as it is to say things like you did or emphasize how he sounds like a frail elderly person, the following are just a couple better "no fucking way would I take health advice from a man who:"
has no formal medical training/background
actively promoted vaccine misinformation/helped found an anti vaccine group
fired the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and replaced them with his antivax buddies
discusses people with autism as though they are only the most extreme cases instead of a wide spectrum
in his current role tried to force nonexistent findings that vaccines cause autism
in his current role tried to tie one of the few main relief options available to pregnant women (Tylenol/acetaminophen) to autism
under his own admission in court had a worm that ate part of his brain, and has short and long term memory issues
Please keep in mind about his horrible self, without going into all the rest of the terribleness that is him, just those related to his current role, that he is currently 12th in the line of presidential succession.
Literally insane, thank you Chris Horne. A movie star can say they don’t want to talk about their divorce. The country’s top health official cannot say he doesn’t want to talk about measles, FFS.
Measles, man. Killing people in the country this year. Amazing. There was like 1 death in a 4 year period, now theres multiple deaths every single year.
No no guys it’s not because people are unvaccinated now because I’ve been spewing that dangerous rhetoric as a public health official but because of Covid specific unvaccinated people…look where I gesture instead of at me and this stupid harmful administration.
Sorry just where is the measles outbreak across the globe... I'm sure most of the developed counties in the world have something called a vaccine in place... not in America? Oh. That's pretty fucking stupid really.
So.... In order to qualify for a position in the Trump Administration, you have to demonstrate that you know absolutely nothing about the position you're applying for.
I've heard it's also helpful to promise that once you get the job as a cabinet secretary you will purge anyone from the department who has experience and actually knows what they're doing, then systematically dismantle it piece by piece until it exists in name only.
It's a "yes/no" question on the application directly below "Did Trump win the 2020 election?" followed by "Sleepy Joe Biden and the corrupt Dumb-o-crats". No question mark, just a statement you have to answer in the affirmative to move on.
I worked with this guy!!! Chris Horne is truly such an incredible reporter and he really does care so much about his community.
I left the news because I feel like the industry is dying somewhat, but Chris was part of the reason I joined in the first place. He goes out of his way to give a voice to the voiceless even when our news director would give him shit.
So glad to see him continuing to do what is right and use his platform and voice for good
WAVY 10 once interviewed me at my school when I was like 6, and they cut my part out of the segment. I've had beef with them until now, lets go local news reporters!
I guess I've never heard rfk Jr speak. This country is being taken apart by old rotting flesh, that can't even speak. We need age restrictions throughout the whole government and third party cognitive tests done on all these fuckers.
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