Re:The Mysterious Case of the Covid-19 Lab-Leak Theory
by 908B64B197 on Thursday October 28, 2021 @03:18PM
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> The Lancet letter was very effective in terms of defining the narrative and branding lab leak as a conspiracy theory. It took a while for the letter to be recognized as more advocacy than science. Proponents of the lab leak theory (Tom Cotton) were unattractive to the Washington Post and other media sources who were happy to label them as conspiracy theorists.
A certain foreign government might have had interests in having the lab leak theory dismissed as a conspiracy. I'm wondering if The Lancet and Washington Post might have been swayed in that direction by investors/employees with double allegiances who were interested in said foreign government "saving face" so to speak.
Though I understand how some traditional media sources and social media companies (like many Americans) may have felt that Trump's reelection had to be stopped by any possible legal means (as per Time magazine's story), I don't understand precisely why suppressing the lab leak theory would need to be part of that.