Anonymous Coward User ID: 76784780 United States 06/02/2021 11:30 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | MSM: WaPo "corrects" year old article about Covid + Wuhan Lab leak. Hypothesis is now regarded as a credible possibility. Tom Cotton The Washington Post has corrected a 2020 article about the theory COVID-19 escaped from a lab. The article explored Sen. Tom Cotton's defence of the theory, which it described as "debunked." Once dismissed by experts, the lab leak hypothesis is now regarded as a credible possibility. See more stories on Insider's business page. The Washington Post on Tuesday corrected a 2020 article which criticised Republican Sen. Tom Cotton for defending the claim that the COVID-19 virus may have escaped from a laboratory in Wuhan China. The article had described the claim as "debunked" and a "conspiracy theory." The original headline of the February 2020 story read: "Tom Cotton keeps repeating a coronavirus conspiracy theory that was already debunked" The headline was corrected on Tuesday to read: "Tom Cotton keeps repeating a coronavirus fringe theory that scientists have disputed." [ link to www.yahoo.com (secure)] [ link to thehill.com (secure)] |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 76784780 United States 06/02/2021 11:39 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: MSM: WaPo "corrects" year old article about Covid + Wuhan Lab leak. Hypothesis is now regarded as a credible possibility. Tom Cotton |