Truly nothing I wrote to Mr. Barkan is a) accusing anyone of lying or b) politically polarized. @RossBarkan could obviously delete this, apologize, and respond to my request for a scientific basis for his conclusions (and rejecting the findings of 5 other intel agencies). 
To be very clear, here’s what I wrote. Each tweet specifically focuses on evidence rather than partisan alignment of the issue. The only one polarizing the discussion is @RossBarkan. I’m not accusing DOE of lying, but Barkan is. I expect better of @NYMag and @thenation writers.
But @RossBarkan’s angle here is illustrative. He *assumes* that the entire dynamic of the #OriginsOfCovid discourse exists in a political realm. It seems not to *occur* to him that people are capable of reaching conclusions based on evidence.
You and I can’t know what evidence DOE used to reach its conclusion, nor see FBI’s grounds for favoring a lab scenario. The rest of the US Intel Community could, and despite that, all other agencies are neutral or continue favoring zoonosis. As does open scientific literature.
That isn’t a partisan assertion, it’s just…counting and reading.
Some journalists can do both!
Maybe not @RossBarkan
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