NYT's fact-check of RFK Jr.'s claims about popular breakfast cereal stuns social media

[Votto]

NYT's fact-check of RFK Jr.'s claims about popular breakfast cereal stuns social media

The New York Times offered a baffling fact-check of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s claims about American breakfast cereal containing artificial ingredients.

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The New York Times tried to fact check RFK about his claim that the cereal Fruit Loops has far more nasty chemicals in it than does the Fruit Loops sold in Canada, and questions why this is. They said RFK was basically wrong about the claim but only ended up trolling themselves instead.

The New York Times offered a baffling fact-check of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s claim that a popular breakfast cereal in the United States contains several artificial ingredients.

Kenney asked, "Why do we have Froot Loops in this country that have 18 or 19 ingredients, and you go to Canada, and it’s got two or three?"

The New York Times published a report on Friday analyzing Kennedy's views on artificial food ingredients that specifically fact-checked the Trump nominee for his claims about Froot Loops using different ingredients in their U.S. product versus Canadian product.

"Mr. Kennedy has singled out Froot Loops as an example of a product with too many artificial ingredients, questioning why the Canadian version has fewer than the U.S. version," the Times' report read. "But he was wrong. The ingredient list is roughly the same, although Canada’s has natural colorings made from blueberries and carrots while the U.S. product contains red dye 40, yellow 5 and blue 1 as well as Butylated hydroxytoluene, or BHT, a lab-made chemical that is used 'for freshness,' according to the ingredient label."

The strange fact-check, which seemed to prove rather than disprove Kennedy's point about artificial ingredients being included in the U.S. version of the cereal, drew critics to mock the paper.

"Spitting out my coffee after reading this NYT ‘fact check’ of RFK Jr.," X user Brad Cohn wrote in a post that drew over 4 million views on the social media platform.

He added in mockery, "'As you see, the ingredient list is just completely identical, except the US product contains formaldehyde, cyanide, and nearly undetectable levels of saxitoxin.'"

"Read this ‘fact check’ on @RobertFKennedyJr from the NYT and tell me with a straight face we don't need a radical transformation of our media and health agencies," Jason Howerton, CEO of REACH digital, posted to X.

 

[pknopp]

Reads to me that neither are exactly correct.

Fruit Loops in Canada have more than 3-4 ingredients unlike Kennedys claim but their ingredients are more natural like Kennedy claimed.

 

[Maxdeath]

You have to realize that you are dealing with a paper run by democrat cult members. They do not see what reality is, they see what they want to believe reality is.

 

[berg80]

The thrust of the article is "Processed foods are in the cross hairs of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., but battling major companies could collide with President-elect Donald J. Trump’s corporate-friendly goals."

You're reaching.

 

[SeaMajor7]

Reads to me that neither are exactly correct.

Fruit Loops in Canada have more than 3-4 ingredients unlike Kennedys claim but their ingredients are more natural like Kennedy claimed.

The NYT piece reads just like how you post, Ms.Contrary-pants.
Pure contrarian BULLSHIT.

 

[Moonglow]

Ok, the facts are there, why does the government allow this type of food additives, the MAGATs want to deregulate industry so it will only get worse.

 

[Independent thinker]

NYT's fact-check of RFK Jr.'s claims about popular breakfast cereal stuns social media

The New York Times offered a baffling fact-check of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s claims about American breakfast cereal containing artificial ingredients.

www.yahoo.com

The New York Times tried to fact check RFK about his claim that the cereal Fruit Loops has far more nasty chemicals in it than does the Fruit Loops sold in Canada, and questions why this is. They said RFK was basically wrong about the claim but only ended up trolling themselves instead.

The New York Times offered a baffling fact-check of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s claim that a popular breakfast cereal in the United States contains several artificial ingredients.

Kenney asked, "Why do we have Froot Loops in this country that have 18 or 19 ingredients, and you go to Canada, and it’s got two or three?"

The New York Times published a report on Friday analyzing Kennedy's views on artificial food ingredients that specifically fact-checked the Trump nominee for his claims about Froot Loops using different ingredients in their U.S. product versus Canadian product.

"Mr. Kennedy has singled out Froot Loops as an example of a product with too many artificial ingredients, questioning why the Canadian version has fewer than the U.S. version," the Times' report read. "But he was wrong. The ingredient list is roughly the same, although Canada’s has natural colorings made from blueberries and carrots while the U.S. product contains red dye 40, yellow 5 and blue 1 as well as Butylated hydroxytoluene, or BHT, a lab-made chemical that is used 'for freshness,' according to the ingredient label."

The strange fact-check, which seemed to prove rather than disprove Kennedy's point about artificial ingredients being included in the U.S. version of the cereal, drew critics to mock the paper.

"Spitting out my coffee after reading this NYT ‘fact check’ of RFK Jr.," X user Brad Cohn wrote in a post that drew over 4 million views on the social media platform.

He added in mockery, "'As you see, the ingredient list is just completely identical, except the US product contains formaldehyde, cyanide, and nearly undetectable levels of saxitoxin.'"

"Read this ‘fact check’ on @RobertFKennedyJr from the NYT and tell me with a straight face we don't need a radical transformation of our media and health agencies," Jason Howerton, CEO of REACH digital, posted to X.

The NYT is the real fruit loops.

 

[Rocko]

RFK has a dead worm in his head