Twisted Tale Shows How 'Gun-Control'
Propaganda is Treated as Straight News

On December 19, USA Today published an article titled "Guns marketed for personal safety fuel public health crisis in Black communities." The byline of the "article" is "Fred Clasen-Kelly and Daniel Chang, KFF Health News." Most people will not look at the byline. Fewer still will look into KFF Health News (formerly Kaiser Health News).

Even if someone did a quick fact check, they'd find that, in searches, both Google and ChatGPT refer to KFF Health News as an "independent" source of journalism. Specifically, Google says KFF Health News is "a nonprofit, editorially independent national newsroom." Wikipedia says KFF "conducts its own research, polling, and journalism. Its website has been praised for having the 'most up-to-date and accurate information on health policy' … .'"

So, like The New York Times, KFF is an approved member of the mainstream or legacy media. In today's too often politically charged media climate, that isn't always a good thing. But most of USA Today's 250,000 daily print and digital subscribers likely didn't look that far; instead, most readers probably scrolled down on their phones and digested some or all of this carefully crafted approximately 2,500-word propaganda piece written to make people believe guns cause crimes.

They likely weren't aware that KFF Health News is endowed by the Kaiser Family Foundation. This San Francisco-based foundation is currently worth about $800 million. It spends around $80 million annually. This "center-Left" foundation focuses on health-related issues. …