PoliticalChic
Diamond Member
- Thread starter
- #61
"Media Ignore Report on Wuhan Lab Cited for Hazardous Coronavirus Research
Media have failed to update stories that dismissed lab scrutiny as 'conspiracy theory'
...revelations have not caused the media to reevaluate their treatment of Cotton and others who warned about the lab. Reporters at the New York Times, Washington Post, and CNN did not respond to requests for comment about whether they plan to update past pieces that characterized scrutiny of the lab as a "fringe theory."
In a Feb. 17 piece headlined, "U.S. Senator Repeats Fringe Theory Casting Virus as Communist Party Weapon," the New York Times‘s Alexandra Stevenson reported that Cotton had spread a "tale" that resonated with fellow China hawks on the right. Cotton was also tagged in an April 8 piece from Times blogger Max Fisher, headlined, "Why Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories Flourish. And Why It Matters." Fisher focused on Cotton's suggestion that the virus could be a Chinese weapon, later amending the article to note Cotton said that was one of several possible explanations."
freebeacon.com
Curious how Democrats always stick up for America's enemies......
Media have failed to update stories that dismissed lab scrutiny as 'conspiracy theory'
...revelations have not caused the media to reevaluate their treatment of Cotton and others who warned about the lab. Reporters at the New York Times, Washington Post, and CNN did not respond to requests for comment about whether they plan to update past pieces that characterized scrutiny of the lab as a "fringe theory."
In a Feb. 17 piece headlined, "U.S. Senator Repeats Fringe Theory Casting Virus as Communist Party Weapon," the New York Times‘s Alexandra Stevenson reported that Cotton had spread a "tale" that resonated with fellow China hawks on the right. Cotton was also tagged in an April 8 piece from Times blogger Max Fisher, headlined, "Why Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories Flourish. And Why It Matters." Fisher focused on Cotton's suggestion that the virus could be a Chinese weapon, later amending the article to note Cotton said that was one of several possible explanations."

Media Ignore Report on Wuhan Lab Cited for Hazardous Coronavirus Research
Leading news outlets are not updating or amending pieces accusing Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) of propagating a conspiracy theory about the possible origination of the coronavirus from a Wuhan superlab, even in light of a new report that American officials warned two years ago about research there...

Curious how Democrats always stick up for America's enemies......