Mark Cuban Backs Vaccine Scientist Challenged to Debate RFK Jr.

Mark Cuban, owner of the NBA Dallas Mavericks, speaks during the Wall Street Journal Digital Live (WSJDLive) conference at the Montage hotel in Laguna Beach, Calif., on Oct. 20, 2015. Mike Blake/Reuters

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban criticized popular podcast host Joe Rogan after he asked Dr. Peter Hotez, a vaccine scientist, to debate 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a long-time critic of childhood vaccines.

“Trying to bully Dr. Hotez is ridiculous. You have producers that will prepare you and you get to control the conversation. @RobertKennedyJr also has a staff ready to prepare him, and these topics are what he talks about in every speech,” Cuban said in a June 18 tweet. He went on to claim that Rogan and Elon Musk’s Twitter represent “everything supposedly wrong” with mainstream media (MSM). “You both do this on a daily basis. Dr. Hotez works every day to try to find ways to help people.”