2026-09-04
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has enlisted Army physician Dr. Theresa Long to investigate whether Covid-19 vaccines contributed to the deaths of U.S. service members. This was revealed through legal testimony (a deposition/court testimony) from Dr. Long.
The two outlets frame the same investigation very differently. The New York Times centers on Dr. Long's prior opposition to Covid vaccines and highlights her inflammatory comparison of military vaccination policy to Nazi medical experiments, framing the investigation as led by a controversial figure with a predetermined bias. The Daily Wire instead emphasizes that the deaths under investigation are 'unverified,' includes Secretary of War Pete Hegseth as a co-initiator of the probe, and omits the Nazi comparison, framing the effort as a legitimate inquiry into vaccine safety rather than spotlighting the investigator's background.
Frames the investigation as being led by a doctor with a history of opposing Covid vaccines who made an extreme comparison between military vaccination and Nazi medical experiments, casting doubt on the objectivity of the inquiry.
In a legal deposition, the doctor, Theresa Long, compared immunizing service members against Covid to Nazi doctors experimenting on concentration camp prisoners.
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