Dangerous transmissions: anti-vax radio shows reach millions in US while stars die of Covid

Media watchdogs suggest that some basic level of responsibility to the public should be required to keep a broadcast license

Phil Valentine, a prominent Tennessee rightwing talk radio host, had released a song called Vaxman, an anti-Covid vaccination ditty based on the Beatles track Taxman.

Marc Bernier, a host in Daytona Beach, Florida, had declared himself Mr Anti-Vax". Dick Farrel, also from Florida, urged his listeners not to get vaccinated, and Jimmy DeYoung asked on air whether the vaccine could be a form of government control of the people".