MSNBC’s Dr. Bhadelia on Vaccine Misinformation: Social Media Not the Only Problem, It’s Also Right Wing Cable Television

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BHADELIA: "I think misinformation is everywhere. I think, Chris, social media companies have to do more, but they’re not the only problem. One thing that I wish I had seen more from the misinformation, disinformation initiative. What I liked about that was released from the surgeon general is that it's really pointing to the fact it is everywhere. It is social media amplification in cases, and sometimes it is influencers that are on cable television, right wing cable television. But it's also anytime anyone of us retweet something that without checking the source we are adding to that misinformation that’s out there. And I think it truly is a whole of society approach. But one thing that I do wish they paid more attention to is that there is a small group who are amplifying this message, you know, and it has become politicized. And so we have to sort of pay attention to that, and take that head on to see how we can take the rhetoric down when we are all in this together as a country."