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Alan MacLeod

9 Jul, 10 tweets, 6 min read

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[Thread] My new @MintPressNews long form article on why the lab leak has gone viral in independent/alternative media, despite the lack of evidence supporting it.

mintpressnews.com/why-liberals-s…

@TYT

In recent weeks, alt media stars like @TYT, @ggreenwald, @mtaibbi, @jimmy_dore, @thomasfrank_, and @krystalball have promoted the theory.

This is not an attack on them. Rather, I hope they read this and reconsider their positions.

Much of the new wave of pro-lab leak thought is based on the work of Nicholas Wade, a disgraced racist pseudoscientist who thinks black people are poorer because they're genetically more violent and lazy. Wade's theories on Jews have earned plaudits from the KKK and David Duke.

@WSJ

Also playing a big role is a new @WSJ article by Michael Gordon, who claims anon. US intel told him that staff at the Wuhan lab got ill in Nov. 2019.

But this is the same Michael Gordon who's 2002 NYT piece (based on US intel) linking Saddam with WMDs led us to war in Iraq!

@RealAlexRubi

As @RealAlexRubi wrote, the lab leak theory is being pushed by neocon frauds who love war.

mintpressnews.com/wuhan-lab-leak…

If you are watching the MSM (or even alt media), you might get the impression the lab leak is a majority opinion among experts.

In fact, the opposite is true. It's still considered a niche possibility, at best, and many scientists are more convinced than ever in a natural origin

Why then, is the lab leak theory being pushed by Democrats and corporate media? In a word: China.

The US and its allies are exploring ways to halt China's rise and even push for regime change there (see article).

mintpressnews.com/atlantic-counc…

In the past 18 months, the US has been building up its military force in the South China Sea, its ships and planes probing the Chinese coast to test their defenses.

Last summer, a US warship sailed to within 41 miles of Shanghai.

mintpressnews.com/us-military-wa…

The 180° turn the media has done on lab leak is not some big fail. It is much worse than that. It's a cynical Democrat push for a second Cold War.

Alt media stars who don't see this and join in the pro lab leak chorus are getting conned into supporting WMD 2.0.

@JoshC0301

The real "media fail" we should be talking about re:COVID is that they're suddenly embracing the lab leak theory despite no new evidence, as @JoshC0301 explains in @FAIRmediawatch

fair.org/home/us-media-…

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