Fox News guest defends his anti-vaccine efforts, attacks efforts to contain vaccine disinformation

Written by Media Matters Staff

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From the July 18, 2021, edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends Weekend

CHARLIE KIRK (GUEST): Look, some people in the mainstream press are trying to mischaracterize efforts like our own, where we're just saying that no one should be forced to take the vaccine as this massive smear of anti-vaccine disinformation, which is obviously not even close to being true.

Of course, just days ago on his podcast, Kirk gave a friendly interview to notorious anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., further spreading disinformation about vaccine efforts.