You can always count on the media to lie to smear Republicans, and to bank on the ignorance of their viewers to do it. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., launched the Real Food Show to help Americans learn to cook affordable, nutritious meals at home.
So CNN decided to "fact check" some of the recipes, and you'll not be surprised to learn they lied about the cost savings.
CNN remakes one of the “affordable” meals from RFK Jr.’s new cooking show. It should cost under $5 per serving, but what’s the real price point? @tomforemancnn reports. pic.twitter.com/7kvmaqa5cL
— Erin Burnett OutFront (@OutFrontCNN) August 20, 2026
Instead of breaking down the cost per serving, they used the cost of the entire item — e.g., the entire jar of mayonnaise — to make it seem like the meals are more expensive than their per-serving price.
No one uses an entire jar of mayonnaise to make a meal.
— IT Guy (@ITGuy1959) August 21, 2026
The $11 jar will last for months.
You all have driven yourselves insane in your Captain Ahab like quest to report anything negative in Trump-world no matter how ridiculous.
You all should try real journalism someday.
They will never try real journalism.
So that I understand your math, when I go to Costco and buy a rotisserie chicken for $5, making 4 dinners with it, your math says that the chicken cost me $5/dinner for each those 4 dinners, not $1.25/dinner, correct?
— Rocket Scientist (@Rocket_Scintst) August 21, 2026
That's exactly what they're doing, because they're dishonest hacks.
CNN is beyond stupid.
— Ken LaCorte (@KenLaCorte) August 21, 2026
To calculate the "real" price for meal, they do things like ... include the whole bottle of mayo for a meal that needed a couple tablespoons.
A test pattern would've been more educational. https://t.co/NZYzgKiNUU
There are roughly 30 servings in a 15-ounce jar of mayonnaise. So if a jar costs $12, that's 40 cents per serving.
RFK called them out for this dishonesty, too.
Trump Derangement Syndrome has so debilitated @ErinBurnett that she has abandoned both common sense and basic arithmetic.
— Secretary Kennedy (@SecKennedy) August 21, 2026
CNN wants us to incorporate the full package price of every ingredient, regardless of what is used in the recipe.
If you put a squirt of ketchup on your… https://t.co/0vUy9yoJdC
"If you put a squirt of ketchup on your burger, would you be surprised if the restaurant charged you for the whole bottle?" he wrote on X. "The Real Food Show uses standard recipe costing: we count what the recipe actually uses. The rest stays in your kitchen for the next meal—and the meals after that. Our goal is simple: help Americans reclaim their kitchens, cook healthy food without breaking the bank, and stock their pantries with high-quality ingredients they can use again and again. That’s how we Make America Healthy Again."
The absolute audacity of the media to lie to and harm the American people to stick it to President Trump is as breathtaking as it is transparent.