Perfect thread by a @washingtonpost and @CNN reporter taking on his own (non-scientist) colleagues' handling of lab leak theory & pretense that it "suddenly" became credible.
Calls outMSM "toxic mix" of "bias, group think, Trump Derangement Syndrome & general incompetence".
Josh Rogin @joshrogin · May 29
Most MSM reporters didn’t “ignore” the lab leak theory, they actively crapped all over it for over a year while pretending to be objective out of a toxic mix of confirmation bias, source bias (their scientist sources lied to them), group think, TDS and general incompetence.
Also, the lab leak theory didn’t change. It didn’t suddenly become credible. It didn’t jump from crazy to reasonable. The theory has always been the same. The people who got it wrong changed their minds. They are writing about themselves, with zero self awareness.
All these reporters scrambling to defend their own records on the lab leak theory are exposing their own hypocrisy & ignoring their basic error.Just report the facts. Don’t act like its your job to tell us whats ok to think or talk about. Own up to it when you fail your readers.
10:40 AM · May 29, 2021
https://twitter.com/joshrogin/status/1398650532517007361
12:44 PM · May 29, 2021
https://twitter.com/KellyannePolls/status/1398681573747216389