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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “The press now lies.”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

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Published | Video Starts at 13:53

Our job in a democracy, the job of being a citizen in democracy is to maintain a posture of fierce skepticism toward public pronouncements. You shouldn't believe anything the public tells you. That's our duty. And the role of the press. And The press now lies. You know, when I was a kid, the press was actually a check on government lying. But now they've become just bullhorns for. And sock puppets for the government they're supposed to be questioning. (13:53–13:56)

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