Media Groupthink and the Lab-Leak Theory
Was it wise to suppose that the World Health Organization, which has served as a mouthpiece for #China's regime propaganda, should be an authority on what counted as Covid “misinformation” by Facebook?
nytimes.com/2021/05/31/opi…
Was it wise to suppose that the World Health Organization, which has served as a mouthpiece for #China's regime propaganda, should be an authority on what counted as Covid “misinformation” by Facebook?
nytimes.com/2021/05/31/opi…
2/ Good journalism, like good science, should follow evidence, not narratives. It should pay as much heed to intelligent gadflies as it does to eminent authorities. And it should never treat honest disagreement as moral heresy.
3/ The common reaction in elite liberal circles? The Washington Post called it a “fringe theory” that “has been repeatedly disputed by experts.”
The Atlantic Council accused Cotton of abetting an “infodemic” by “pushing debunked claims that covid may have been created in a lab”
The Atlantic Council accused Cotton of abetting an “infodemic” by “pushing debunked claims that covid may have been created in a lab”
4/ Rank partisanship and credulous reporting — and the methods by which it was enforced — censorship and vilification — are reminders that sometimes the most destructive enemies of science can be those who claim to speak in its name.
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