The COVID lab leak theory is the latest example of journalists dismissing an inconvenient narrative as 'debunked' before the facts come in, analysts say.
COVID lab leak theory
"Such journalistic negligence was not only irresponsible and unprofessional, it further erodes public confidence in news outlets to first seek out facts and then go where those facts lead," McCall continued. MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace blamed then-President Trump for pushing intelligence agencies into investigating one of his favorite"conspiracy theories" regarding the Chinese lab theory.
MSNBC’s Joy Reid once called the lab leak theory"debunked bunkum" being pushed by then-President Trump. Grabien Media founder Tom Elliott, who tweeted multiple clips of pundits dismissing the theory, also unearthed CNN reporter Drew Griffin bashing the late Rush Limbaugh for mentioning potential lab leaks with"zero proof."
"Morning Joe" regular John Heilemann called it a"made up" theory. NBC News correspondent Janis Mackey Frayer offered a look at the lab with a chyron referring to it as at the"heart of conspiracy theories." "Even worse than their failure to do actual journalism into the biggest story of the decade were their efforts to help censor those who did. As I've been documenting, the mainstream media was only too happy to stamp a ‘debunked’ label on any reporting supporting the lab leak theory, which was all social media needed to ban these -- more reliable -- sources of information," Elliott continued.
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