Almost singular these days, the Times media critic does a salient institutional self-criticism of a wayward reporter and the indulgence of top management in fostering a string of poorly sourced when not fabricated international news stories.
Even if it is exceedingly difficult to prove a negative, there’s little reason to entertain a lab origin theory when no actual evidence is presented that the virus originated at any particular lab.
US media has a history of supporting right-wing coups and not much seems to be changing. That media narratives remain unchanged even after acknowledgment of new evidence indicates it is official dogma, not reality, that sets the tone for coverage.
The former writers of Deadspin have announced the launch of Defector Media, which will be an honest-to-goodness media co-op owned by the writers and editors themselves.
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