60 Minutes Exposes Vaccine Court Failures, But Critics Accuse CBS Of Misleading On Vaccine Injuries

‘60 Minutes’ Exposes Vaccine Court Failures, But Critics Accuse CBS of Misleading on Vaccine Injuries

On Sunday night, CBS' "60 Minutes" aired a segment about the Vaccine Court, shining light on vaccine injuries and exposing flaws in the federal program for compensating victims. Experts told The Defender they were pleased to see the issue get mainstream coverage, but accused CBS News of pushing the narrative that vaccine injuries are 'rare' and compensation is common.

by Brenda Baletti, Ph.D.
The Defender
October 6, 2025

https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/60-minutes-exposes-vaccine-court-failures-but-critics-accuse-cbs-of-misleading-on-vaccine-injuries/

CBS' "60 Minutes" on Sunday night aired a segment on the Vaccine Court, a federal system created nearly 40 years ago to compensate people injured by vaccines. The program's guests and host agreed that the system, designed to compensate people "quickly, easily, and with certainty and generosity," is failing in that mission under a crushing backlog of thousands of cases.

The Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP), which administers the Vaccine Court, has appealed to Congress for more resources, but Congress has failed to act, "60 Minutes" host L. Jon Wertheim said.

CBS News said its reporting "suggests that this inaction is in part because vaccination has become such a loaded, heavily politicized issue that legislators are reluctant to wade in."

Experts gave the national legacy news program credit for taking on the vaccine injury issue and calling out the VICP's flaws. But they also criticized the segment for minimizing the scope and seriousness of vaccine injuries and the government's failure to compensate the injured.

Children's Health Defense (CHD) CEO Mary Holland told The Defender she was pleased that "60 Minutes" aired the segment because most parents don't even know they can't sue a vaccine maker if their child is injured by a vaccine — and they don't know that they have to file a claim through the VICP and take their case to the Vaccine Court. "People are told only that 'vaccines are safe and effective' and 'vaccines save lives,'" Holland said.

She added:

"While I am delighted that mainstream media is starting to cover the vast reality of vaccine injury, this segment left people with false conclusions — that vaccines are great and have saved 154 million lives, that the compensation program is easy and fair and that the Vaccine Court previously 'proved' that vaccines don't cause autism. None of these claims is correct."

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