“A new poll finds 40% of respondents believe in a baseless conspiracy theory that the coronavirus was created in a lab in China,” @NPR tweeted on Friday.
“There is zero evidence for this,” declared the radio network. “Scientists say the virus was transmitted to humans from another species.”
Some scientists say this. Others — along with several U.S. intel agencies — do not.
What does not exist? A consensus on a zoonotic origin. What we knew early on and what we learned from the Fauci diary last week demonstrates that the wet market was not the origination point, and that Fauci had to convince consulting scientists to go against the Lab
Sad that NPR would still be cherry-picking scientists — and flat-out fibbing — to buttress the political narrative it favors.
But unsurprising.
CNN is no better. On Sunday, the egregious Dana Bash interviewed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., in an utterly disgraceful way, repeatedly contradicting him with vague claims of “study after study after study” while unable to cite any specific
When RFK pointed out that the U.S. had the highest death rate from COVID, Bash claimed, “That’s not accurate because” — awkwardly long pause — “public health experts say that there is a combination of factors that went into that.”
Went into what? Oh, yes, the U.S. having the highest death rate from COVID . . . just like RFK said.
Too many journalists see themselves as defenders of some Official Story. Dana Bash is a perfect example, doing the job of factless fact-checker, Overton Window Shrinker, and censuring censor.
These days, when you hear someone say that there exists “zero evidence” for something — or imply unanimity among experts — we know they possess zero credibility.
This is Common Sense. I’m Paul Jacob.
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