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You mean like how every left-leaning media publication said the lab-leak hypothesis was debunked, even though there was not a shred of evidence to substantiate debunking?

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If every single left-leaning media said the lab-leak hypothesis was debunked it should be easy for you to give me one citation.

It's harder since they've all gone back and stealth-edited their articles.

Here's one example from PaulG: https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1396769717805780994

Jeez those are some minor edits. This whole lab leak theory is turning into a major vindication talking point for the right but it's all built on a straw man as far as I can tell. And no one brings up things like hydroxychloroquine any more. Everything is framed as left vs right when it doesn't have to be just to increase polarization and outrage.

The problem is the hypothesis was dismissed without evidence and any suggestion for further inquery branded you an anti-science. The irony is unbelievable.

That's the victimization story that the right tells itself but I haven't seen much evidence that it happened.

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