White House acknowledges problems in RFK Jr.'s 'Make America Healthy Again' report (citations to nonexistent studies)

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2. Misleading AP headline (OP quoted accurately).

Leavitt only referred to so-called 'formatting errors' -- did not address nonexistent citations, AI 'fingerprints', etc, etc.

As a matter of fact, they leaned in to the 'minor errors' position, according to the article.

Leavitt said that the White House has “complete confidence” in Kennedy.

“Minor citation and formatting errors have been corrected,” HHS Spokesman Andrew Nixon said in an emailed statement. He described the report as a “historic and transformative assessment by the federal government to understand the chronic disease epidemic afflicting our nation’s children.”

The reporting in the article is ok, other than the headline, which 'should' read: "White House does NOT acknowledge problems ..."

An author of one study confirmed that while she conducted research on the topics of anxiety in children, she never authored the report listed. Some studies were also misinterpreted in the MAHA report. The problematic citations were on topics around children’s screen time, medication use and anxiety.