worsened the pandemic's terrible toll. the right wing media machine took conspiracy theories from the fringes and moved them to the mainstream. >> radical left wing fanatics who are bent on forcing each and every american to get themselves injected with an experimental unproven drug. >> fox news demonized dr. fauci. >> people say he doesn't represent science, he represents joseph. >> and it cost lives. several right wing radio hosts who resisted vaccines died of covid. tv stars who claimed to respect their audience actually put them at risk. big tech platforms said that they tried to clean up the garbage, but the vaccine divide is a sad reflection of a choose your own news culture. it is incumbent on everyone to choose carefully. brian stelter, cnn, new york.