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15 Jun, 5 tweets, 2 min read
I don't agree with all of it (naturally) but this piece is really, really brilliant. If you're looking for a smart writer who'll challenge your worldview, Goerge Packer is a great one. theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
Packer is just as (probably more!) withering on people who think like you and I, dear reader, I was just reading those parts on my phone so I didn't get to screenshot whole chunks

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11 Jun
The entire mainstream media blew the story of how the most consequential event in our lifetime happened and they’re trying desperately to get you to think otherwise.
This paragraph is revealing, no doubt in a way WaPo doesn’t intend:

1) conservatives “seized”
2) outlets weren’t cautious at all; that’s entirely the problem here
3) the dissenting opinion of a single columnist - who took enormous grief for it - isn’t a pattern
The about-face in coverage, from all of the most widely read mainstream outlets, is telling. I’ve got a thread here:
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10 Jun
🧵THREAD🧵

Another Trump-related conspiracy has crashed & burned, this one about protests a year ago at Lafayette Square Park.

We were told Trump acted like a tinpot dictator for a photo op.

But an IG investigation found that wasn’t true. I think some apologies are in order ⤵️
Let’s start with @CNN, because they’re emblematic of the trend.

The causality here is clear: protestors forced out for Trump. The rest of their reporting fits that framing.

The thing is: that wasn’t true. @Kevinliptakcnn, @MarquardtA, @evanperez, @davidgshortell, @JDiamond1
A few of CNN’s key voices chimed in along similar lines. Here’s @Acosta, running with the same point about causality that the IG report dashes.

“Just an unbelievable use of military and police force to clear out Lafayette Park protestors for a photo op”

Any follow up, @Acosta?
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25 May
🧵THREAD🧵

That the Covid pandemic could’ve leaked from a lab in Wuhan went from terrible, racist conspiracy theory to plausible overnight for the mainstream media, without a shred of accountability.

If you don’t believe me, look at these stories side-by-side, then vs. now⤵️
You may remember that much of the really bad coverage was focused on @SenTomCotton’s suggestion that we better understand the potential for a lab leak from Wuhan.

The difference in framing here from @nytimes between May 2020 and May 2021 is...stark.
But it wasn’t just NYT. There’s a lot of ammo from @CNN, too.

Not even two months ago, they ran a piece writing off the lab leak theory as “like something out of a comic book.”

Yesterday, the tone had changed, without any reference to their own role in the previous debate.
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24 May
If you think it is more important to have a commission to study the Capitol riot on Jan 6th than one to study how a virus that killed 3.5M people worldwide and 500k Americans originated and whether a hostile foreign power covered it up, I think your priorities need attention.
To those suggesting we do both, I would like to introduce you to Washington and how we do things around here, because we cannot, in any meaningful sense, do both.
I had a mini thread about this the other day but I think one of the biggest topics where I differ from the establishment/old guard view on current events is on Jan 6th.

I think what happened is awful. I think it’s absurd to treat it like it was 9/11, as so many seem wont to do.
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18 May
🧵THREAD🧵

The idea that Covid-19 may have leaked from a lab in Wuhan, China has gained mainstream traction of late.

It can be easy to forget that, a little over a year ago, the idea was derided as a vile, senseless conspiracy theory.

Let’s revisit. ⤵️
@SenTomCotton took much of the initial heat for suggesting this as a possibility back in January.

Here’s what the @nytimes had to say about his “fringe theory” that “lacks evidence” and which “scientists have dismissed.”

Apparently those concerns have been un-dismissed since. ImageImage
In another piece in 2020, @nytimes concluded that “most agencies remain skeptical” and “scientists are dismissive” of the lab leak theory. Unfortunately, appears that was certainly true, but not to their credit.

Yet another story continues to describe the idea as a conspiracy. ImageImageImage
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18 May
Reminder that when Trump sat in a truck as President, Alex Petri - who gets paid to write things for WaPo - wrote a fan fic story about him just driving away in it.

I wish I were kidding.
google.com/amp/s/www.wash…
And let me tell you, it was deranged.
Sometimes I feel like I’m the only one who remembers how very bizarre the last four years was.
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