Re:I’m not convinced by the new lab leak debunking
by tootie on Saturday March 05, 2022 @06:29PM
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This is really a bad argument. There is plenty of non-profit media and they have not produced anything directly contravening the mainstream for-profit media on this topic. Even in any respectable for-profit news outlet, they wouldn't let a PR firm dictate coverage and convince them to run something untrue for money. They can and frequently do alert them to something newsworthy in the interests of their clients. Think about something apolitical like movie reviews. PR can definitely influence the volume of coverage, but it can't generate positive reviews.
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Re:I’m not convinced by the new lab leak debunking
by whiddershins on Saturday March 05, 2022 @06:38PM
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The method described wouldn’t be as overt as all that.
Re:I’m not convinced by the new lab leak debunking
by calumetregion on Saturday March 05, 2022 @06:42PM
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Does this non-profit media also believe in a technological society? Perhaps with an allergy to challenging the concept of this type of science in the first place?
Re:I’m not convinced by the new lab leak debunking
by tootie on Saturday March 05, 2022 @07:22PM
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The non-profit media is made up of the same human beings as every other endeavor on the planet. Just without an explicit profit motive. One of my favorite shows, On The Media, has done a few segments breaking down coverage on controversial topics like lab leak or ivermectin. How they became controversial and how some coverage was overly zealous in dismissing evidence too quickly.