Bill Maher slammed the mainstream media over their biased coverage of Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“I want to take issue with the media because it incenses me how they write about you,” Maher told Kennedy on an episode of Maher’s podcast, “Club Random,” released Sunday.
“In Chat With Musk, Kennedy Pushes Right-Wing Ideas and Misinformation,” Maher said, citing a NY Times headline from June 5.
“Right away I’m pissed off,” Maher said in reaction. “Because, misinformation? How about you’re the newspaper. Just tell me what was said and I’ll decide what’s misinformation. This arrogance of ‘we know what the misinformation is about science.'”
Maher then read from the Times piece; “‘Mr. Kennedy is a long time amplifier and propagator of baseless theories.’ Again,” he stopped to qualify, “not the editorial page, this is like the regular newspaper.”
The HBO host then cited a fact check within the Times piece claiming Kennedy was wrong when he said that Democrats earned more money from the pharmaceutical industry than Republicans.
“Because the Obama administration made a deal with the pharmaceutical industry to support the bill … today I believe the Democrats are getting more money from pharma than Republicans,” argued Kennedy.
“Even if that’s not exactly the case, the spirit of the answer is correct,” Maher opined. “Fuck them,” he added. “I’m doing this for a reason because I believe they deserve richly to be mocked for that attitude.”
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Meanwhile, while the press is doing it’s best to marginalize Kennedy, 80% of Democratic voters want President Joe Biden to debate during the 2024 primaries, including an overwhelming 72% of Biden supporters, according to a USA Today/Suffolk University poll.
That said, ‘the odds of that actually happening are as close to zero as you can get in politics,” according to the report.
“As you know, no incumbent R [Republican] or D [Democrat] have done debates,” said Kevin Munoz, a Biden campaign spokesman.
Biden’s claim to the nomination hasn’t been seriously threatened, but the findings underscore his need to consolidate and energize the Democratic base. In the poll, 58% of Democrats support Biden for the nomination while 15% back Kennedy and 6% back Marianne Williamson; 21% are undecided.
There could be at least a bit of a political downside to ducking debates. -USA Today
“The decision not to debate is ignoring the 82% of women, 84% of union households, 86% of independents, and 90% of young voters who are not only planning to vote in their state’s Democratic primary or caucus next year but also would like to see a series of Democratic primary debates,” said Suffolk Political Research Center director, David Paleologos.
RFK Jr. calls it “unfortunate” that no debates appear to be on the horizon.
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Like Hannity , Rush and all other pundits. Talk about ” media ” but never about who owns it
Largely unbeknownst to the general public, executives and top journalists of almost all major US news outlets have long been members of the influential Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).
cfrmedia.wordpress.com
So have a fake debate. Put on a skit.
RFKjr vs. Walter if Jeff Dunham is willing.
RFKjr can raise and debate all the points he neeeds to. Walter (Jeff) would be able to make far more cogent responses that SniffyJoe anyway.
I would watch.
Why not a Trump vs RFK discussion?
Trump is not an incumbent so I suppose he will debate in the GOP but since he has already won the primary , screw that, let’s play golf under the lights instead.
Trump said he would not debate anyone. Why? What’s he afraid of?
Why should he debate anyone? The RNC debates are just the RINOs and Fox News trying to maintain their position as gatekeepers. It’s just a money and ratings grab for them.
That’s fair, considering there hasn’t been an actual debate in our lifetimes.
How bout taking some enjoyment in the exposure and callout, instead of seeing everything as a calculated psyop.
Bill Maher wants to suck RFK’s dick worse than Jimmy Kunstler.
How about you?
Exactly why any of the polls now regarding who gonna win it are meaningless.
your (bright) Red Shoes.
Attenton: A paid schill being paid to pretend to speak out against paid schills is now news.
You are a raycis beegut if you say otherwise.
I would pay $1000 to have 5 min. alone in a locked room with Bill Maher….
I would pay $1000 to have 5 min. alone in a locked room with Bill Maher….
Hmmm, that’s a bad bet, Bill IS a professional wrestler at night…goes by the moniker “Slippery Pete”….pretty sure you would not last the full fiver.
Does Bill make you horny Jdog ?
The thing that really bothers me about him is the way his chest moves…. I could easily remedy that.
Even though I don’t like Bill Maher I watched this interview last night. It’s a smart move for RFK Jr. to do these 2-3 hour long podcasts. This interview is probably the closest RFK Jr. is going to get to a debate during the primaries. There’s no way Biden is going to be able to debate. His brain is a block of swiss cheese at this point. Maher at least challenged him on the vaccines and brought up issues that would be of interest to the Democrat party base.
I agree. I liked “The Ronald Reagan Show” much better than “The Joe Button Show”
Well! That settles it. If that great libertarian constitutionalis Bill Maher is for Kennedyjr. I’m in. No betterendorsement is possible.
Buttons “If I have to debate someone, I pick Uncle Fester.”
RFK Jr would stomp Brandon’s ass in a debate and the whole party knows it, from donors to voters.
So good luck to Satan’s favorite team then, I guess?
Joe’s going to have Fetterman sub for him. You know, so there are some semi intelligent thoughts spoken.
Joe Buttons has always been astonishing in a “Look what my two year old can sniff” kinda way.
Debate, nay, words themselves, are rendered meaningless inside The Idiocracy. We’re ALL stuck in the tar baby now. Squealing loudly will not increase your odds of survival.