https://archive.ph/XloCE

Emily Rauhala‏Verified account @emilyrauhala 27 May 2021

Thanks to all the Internet Dads for the think pieces about how reporters ignored the lab theory. Have been reporting on this for more than a year. Conclusion since last summer has not changed: leak theory is possible, worth pursuing, but no conclusive evidence either way — so far

As much as I am grateful for their authoritative takes and unparalleled gravitas, I only want to hear from Internet Dads who are not fresh off their first Twitter thread about furin cleavage sites and/or who picked up the phone to report this story before this week

https://archive.ph/Rc7bv https://mtracey.substack.com/p/as-new-evidence-emerges-for-covid

7 May 2021 20:43:49 UTC

As New Evidence Emerges For COVID "Lab-Leak" Theory, Journalists Who Screamed “Conspiracy” Humiliate Themselves

Michael Tracey 3 hr ago

I asked numerous journalists who authored these stories for comment on whether they stand by their over-assured denunciations from early 2020 of this supposed “conspiracy theory,” which according to them had been “debunked.” None replied to me in time for the publication of this Substack item. (If that changes, I will update the post.) However, the author of the Washington Post article, Paulina Firozi, did reply in the sense that she disabled her ability to receive DMs shortly after I messaged her on Twitter:

https://archive.ph/TG8zN https:// www. washingtonpost. com/politics/2020/02/16/tom-cotton-coronavirus-conspiracy/

Tom Cotton keeps repeating a coronavirus conspiracy theory that was already debunked

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) on Sunday repeated a debunked conspiracy theory about coronavirus and Chinese bioresearch. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

By Paulina Firozi Feb. 17, 2020 at 4:04 p.m. UTC

https://archive.ph/a5yYs https://web.archive.org/web/20210518170554/https://kotakuinaction2.win/p/12igcyLsIf/16-months-of-media-deboonking-fa/c/ https://kotakuinaction2.win/p/12igcyLsIf/16-months-of-media-deboonking-fa/c/

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