[0] https://www.sciencealert.com/the-new-coronavirus-could-have-...
Read the article you are citing. There is convincing evidence that the virus developed via evolutionary mechanisms. That in no way refutes lab-origin and is entirely consistent with how most labs promote infectiousness (particularly airborn infectiousness) through gain-of-function research.
Er, yes. Not sure what you're saying here (the title is "..Covid-19 is not a naturally-evolved virus...')?
That is for all intents and purposes man-made, unless one is splitting hairs, which much of the politicized media is doing.
Yes, quite a lot of media have become politicised (the reason for which being quite well understood). None the less, the science is what it is - provisional. It is not surprising that commercial entities take particular positions to benefit from said politicisation.
In most countries at least, the science will ultimately give us the answer.