Important Context
Walker Bragman, Olivia Riggio, Billie Jean SweeneyThis newsletter is part of the Accountability Journalism Institute. It was founded by investigative journalist Walker Bragman to expose bad actors, secretive political influence, and the money behind public health mis/disinformation.
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Trump DOJ Settles Lawsuit By Vaccine Skeptic Despite Winning in Court
This piece has been updated from its original email version.
Last month, the Department of Justice sparked widespread outrage with its announcement that it had settled Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service...
Chair of President’s Cancer Panel Co-Authors Ivermectin Cancer Study Backed By Supplements Company
The chair of the President’s Cancer Panel is a co-author on a new paper promoting ivermectin as a cancer treatment. The paper is backed by two anti-vaccine organizations, including a supplements company with which he is affiliated and which...
Public Health Opponents Leverage Hantavirus Outbreak to Spread Conspiracies and Misinformation
This piece has been updated from its original email version.
The relatively rare hantavirus entered the mainstream lexicon in recent weeks, with an outbreak linked to a Dutch cruise ship. Thus far, there have been 11 known cases and three...
MAHA Officials Out At FDA
This piece has been updated from its original email version.
On Friday, the nation’s top drug regulator, Tracy Beth Høeg, director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, announced that she had been fired from her role following a...
Trump Surgeon General Pick Celebrated DOGE Research Cuts, Called to Halt mRNA Vaccines for Children, and Expressed Anti-Trans Views
Donald Trump’s new surgeon general nominee defended the administration’s research cuts, previously urged public health officials to pause vaccinating children against COVID-19, and has suggested transgender identities are driven by a “fad.”...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
Journalist, JD, occasional cartoonist, co-founder Accountability Journalism Institute.
Olivia is a New York-based media critic, nonprofit development professional and independent journalism advocate. She is the Administrative & Fundraising Director at FAIR.org and board member of the Accountability Journalism Institute.
Billie Jean Sweeney (she/her) contributes to Assigned Media and is a board member of the Accountability Journalism Institute. A former editor for The New York Times and The AP, she was also editorial director of the Committee to Protect Journalists.
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