The Nation was spoon-fed documents from a bad-faith Republican House committee and covered them as if they were a scandal.
The more I look into the lab leak the more shocked I am at how desperately the media tried to launder the theory into something respectable.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/house-covid-origin-report-documents/
The more I look into the lab leak the more shocked I am at how desperately the media tried to launder the theory into something respectable.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/house-covid-origin-report-documents/
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Every single person in China has closer relationships with their neighbours than any American. One of the only countries where most people understood why lockdowns were important.
They have more firsthand experience with novel virus outbreaks than anyone else. They were used as test subjects for Japan's bio warfare program. The likelihood they're lax on safety is extremely low.
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/data-download/uneven-toll-coronavirus-pandemic-rcna97107
If not, then they should sit down and shut up.
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/a-new-report-raises-big-questions-about-last-years-dnc-hack/tnamp/
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/the-medias-incessant-barrage-of-evidence-free-accusations-against-russia/tnamp/
There are conspiracies (especially on the Right) but that doesn't mean we should believe theories that don't have substantial evidence. Mostly there are actions on aligned interests without actual conspiracy
Few people recognize the extreme gulf between the 2 & lump everything under ‘lab leak theory.’
I DO NOT GET why the entire media, left right and center, was so keen to treat this as a legitimate inquiry rather than the Benghazi-style witch hunt it clearly was.
https://oversight.house.gov/release/final-report-covid-select-concludes-2-year-investigation-issues-500-page-final-report-on-lessons-learned-and-the-path-forward/
we need to divorce capitalism from our news media.
When it turns out to be bullshit, it may be mentioned in section G page 13.
You'd think from the coverage that this was later debunked but no! It's science working as intended.
https://bsky.app/profile/mausellmoli.bsky.social/post/3lp32lzm2l22l
This is not a lie! Have you ever worked in an office or had a human relationship before
The paper is useful for reference later but that day the details didn't affect his decisions.
20+ years later I still haven’t read it and never intend to. That doesn’t make either her or me suspect.
What actually happened is that he was worried about a lab leak, asked scientists to see if it was plausible and they found it wasn't. And their findings have held up!
This reminds me of the Twitter files where they'd take deliberate discussions where X thought it was ok to ban and Y thought it shouldn't, as evidence they were being biased. But this is the proper process!
which led to increased vaccine skepticism, distrust of expertise, and the needless deaths of tens of thousands of Americans -again, *all because MAGA fcked it up and needed scapegoats* to blame
In this case we have leaked slack chats that show the scientists believed the lab leak, looked into it and then stopped believing it. Nothingburger!
https://bsky.app/profile/grudgie.bsky.social/post/3lp34n55oac2u
Like, if my kid turns in a report and gets an A, then tells me and I say "hey, great job", that does not mean I read the paper.
- said no actual scientist ever (especially given China's state secrecy on all high level matters, including natural processes and given diseases normally do this, e.g. flu, SARS-1, MERS)
It's "corporate centrist" and "right wing"
2. It's a perfect opportunity for Both-sides-ism, which fills every hack editor's heart with glee.
Humans aren't exactly rational beings.
* - Not necessarily lie, but it could be, so it must be, because establishment untrustworthy.
* it is reported by a direct witness
* it is substantiated by an expert
* it would be convenient for republicans if it were true
Even if you make the leap that Covid did leak from a bio weapons lab, they never say WHAT THEY WANT TO DO ABOUT IT.
but that never seems to be the motivation behind people pushing this bunk
I love how they make the Wellcome Trust look like organised crime.
Sad that the Nation is participating in this hawkish propaganda.