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It’s almost as if we learned new information that contradicts old information and the media is doing its job publishing articles about it. How weird.

>>IgorPa+(OP)
Right, while ignoring their previous protests and their censorship of opposing voices who offered alternative theories from the beginning while theories were being developed and discussed. The CCP said "wet market" and that made it authoritative?

>>IgorPa+(OP)
This is not at all what happened. This article has a good overview of the shifting narrative. The initial position was that it was crazy to even consider a lab leak.

https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-medias-lab-leak-fiasco

>>IgorPa+(OP)
Parts of the media listened to a bunch of people who all had good reason to dismiss theories that would point to them as in some way connected to research they knew was dangerous and this assessment was used for widespread censorship of contrary opinions.

The media is supposed to be a bit more skeptical of their sources than that. At this point I follow rules that look a lot like these:

https://info.publicintelligence.net/USArmy-IntelAnalysis.pdf