
The White House insists that ‘formatting issues’ caused RFK Jr’s controversial children’s health study to cite non-existent sources – 19 F-minus grades
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RFK: journals are fraudulent
MAHA report: AI generated without human review, uses studies that don't exist and cites authors saying things they never said.
This would be a career-ending scandal in any other universe. https://t.co/mc2qYdiu72
— Tyler Black, MD (@tylerblack32) May 29, 2025
12.
In a not so shocking turn of events, the MAGA cabinet continues to be incompetent.
— Trump Tracker (@trackingdonald) May 29, 2025
13.
In any normal administration, this would be a major scandal leading to his immediate termination.
The Health and Human Services Secretary cannot push unsubstantiated conspiracies.
— Rebel Party (@Sjacobs2020) May 29, 2025
14.
We've gone from 'Alternative Facts' to 'Formatting Issues'
Give me a fucking break.
— David (@DaveSixFour) May 29, 2025
15.
“Actually existing” stopped being a requirement for evidence a few years ago now.
— Shaye Ganam (@ShayeGanam) May 29, 2025
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FRAUDULENT—RFK Jr’s report on “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) cited completely FAKE studies that do not even exist, & completely misinterprets others. Truly wild. This is the same guy who bypassed all CDC scientists to put out anti vax nonsense. https://t.co/kxdUbhJd2O pic.twitter.com/NvDXxNtv5l
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) May 29, 2025
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Great … AI is now ghostwriting national health policy for MAGA, inventing sources like usual. And if the content is so valid, why invent citations?
— Ilyas Ibrahim Mohamed (@iiliyaa) May 29, 2025
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I for one am so surprised that this administration is making up data to support their bat shit theories and ideas.
I think I need to sit down after this shocking revelation https://t.co/aF2h5knsrK
— Jason Deger (@Jasondeger) May 29, 2025
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“We believe the made up nonsense we tell ourselves“
Did anyone else hear that?
— Timothy Bellman (@Timothy_Bellman) May 29, 2025
After attention was drawn to the problem by News of the US (NOTUS), the seven citations were replaced. This is what NOTUS said about the replacements.
“a new version of the MAHA report was published on the White House website with all seven of those citations replaced — five with completely different references and two with references to real studies written by the same authors of the nonexistent earlier citations.
While the replacement references all appear to be to real sources, it’s not immediately clear whether they all support the claims the report is making.”
Oh, that’s okay then.
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Source NOTUS Image Wikimedia Commons, Screengrab