That this small detail is omitted from the tweet and headline not only means this piece Is pushing CCP propaganda, it’s not actually informing the reader.
Hooooly shit this is bad: “Vaccinating a country of 1.4 billion people against Covid-19 is a massive undertaking. Due to China's successful containment of the coronavirus, many residents initially saw little urgency in getting vaccinated.”
They don’t mention the awful success rate of this vaccine. I’m losing my mind. Some trials have it at only 50%! And the places who’ve relied on the Chinese vax (look up new cases/deaths in Bahrain and Chile) are seeing spikes.
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…
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:
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.
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.