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'''Robert F. Kennedy Jr.''' (1954 - ?), also known by his initials ''RFK Jr.'', is an American environmental lawyer | '''Robert F. Kennedy Jr.''' (1954 - ?), also known by his initials ''RFK Jr.'', is an American environmental lawyer known for promoting anti-vaccine propaganda,<ref name="mnookin-2017" /><ref name="NBC_2021-03-11" /> Kennedy is a son of U.S. attorney general and senator [[Robert F. Kennedy]] and nephew of U.S. president [[John F. Kennedy]]. | ||
After growing up in[[Washington, D.C. area]] and [[Massachusetts]], Kennedy, Jr. graduated from [[Harvard University]] and obtained a J.D. degree from the [[University of Virginia]]. He began his career as an assistant district attorney in New York City. In the mid 1980s, he joined [[Riverkeeper]] and the [[Natural Resources Defense Council]] (NRDC), two non-profits focused on environmental protection, and became an adjunct professor of [[environmental law]] at [[Pace University School of Law]], founding the Pace Law School's Environmental Litigation Clinic. He held the post of supervising attorney and co-director of Pace's law clinic until 2017. In 1999, he founded the non-profit environmental group [[Waterkeeper Alliance]], serving as the president of its board. | After growing up in[[Washington, D.C. area]] and [[Massachusetts]], Kennedy, Jr. graduated from [[Harvard University]] and obtained a J.D. degree from the [[University of Virginia]]. He began his career as an assistant district attorney in New York City. In the mid 1980s, he joined [[Riverkeeper]] and the [[Natural Resources Defense Council]] (NRDC), two non-profits focused on environmental protection, and became an adjunct professor of [[environmental law]] at [[Pace University School of Law]], founding the Pace Law School's Environmental Litigation Clinic. He held the post of supervising attorney and co-director of Pace's law clinic until 2017. In 1999, he founded the non-profit environmental group [[Waterkeeper Alliance]], serving as the president of its board. | ||
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (1954 - ?), also known by his initials RFK Jr., is an American environmental lawyer known for promoting anti-vaccine propaganda,[1][2] Kennedy is a son of U.S. attorney general and senator Robert F. Kennedy and nephew of U.S. president John F. Kennedy.
After growing up inWashington, D.C. area and Massachusetts, Kennedy, Jr. graduated from Harvard University and obtained a J.D. degree from the University of Virginia. He began his career as an assistant district attorney in New York City. In the mid 1980s, he joined Riverkeeper and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), two non-profits focused on environmental protection, and became an adjunct professor of environmental law at Pace University School of Law, founding the Pace Law School's Environmental Litigation Clinic. He held the post of supervising attorney and co-director of Pace's law clinic until 2017. In 1999, he founded the non-profit environmental group Waterkeeper Alliance, serving as the president of its board.
Since 2005, he has promoted the scientifically discredited link between vaccines and autism,[1][3] Much of Kennedy's public health criticisms and writings have targeted prominent figures such as Anthony Fauci, Bill Gates, and Joe Biden. He has co-hosted Ring of Fire, a nationally syndicated radio program. He has written books including The Real Anthony Fauci in 2021 and A Letter to Liberals in 2022.
Kennedy's relations have tried to disassociate themselves from him due to his pushing of various unfounded conspiracy theories.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mnookin, Seth (January 11, 2017). How Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Distorted Vaccine Science (en). “For more than a decade, Kennedy has promoted anti-vaccine propaganda completely unconnected to reality.”
- ↑ Covid's devastation of Black community used as 'marketing' in new anti-vaccine film. NBC News (March 11, 2021). “The video the newest in a series of anti-vaccine propaganda films produced or promoted by Kennedy was distributed through Kennedy's organization, Children's Health Defense,”
- ↑ Smith, Michelle R.. How a Kennedy built an anti-vaccine juggernaut amid COVID-19, Associated Press, December 15, 2021. (in en) “Dr. Richard Allen Williams, a cardiologist, professor of medicine at UCLA and founder of the Minority Health Institute, said Kennedy is leading 'a propaganda movement'”