Glenn Greenwald:
Either @SecBlinken is one of the most self-deluded government officials on the planet, or he is off-the-charts when it comes to willingness to spout brazen propaganda, or both. Whatever it is, nobody outside of the US/UK media falls for this blatant deceit.
I agree with every bit of Krystal Ball's wrap-up of the major Lies of 2021. She begins her take-down at the 50 minute mark of this video. She and Saagar Enjeti do their homework, week after week, and that is why I financially support them.
Geoffrey Miller describes what most of our legislators do. He left off one important thing: 80% of their job is to get re-elected by soliciting big money from powerful companies and individuals who expect a quid pro quo.
The Biden Administration is rightfully looking into the COVID lab origin theory (even though it was seen as shameful to even ask this question in recent times). In the meantime, NYT and WP are now cheerleading for the "natural origin" theory based, in part, on the opinions of two thoroughly discredited infectious disease researchers. Follow the public evidence offered by Glenn Greenwald to see that Peter Daszak has a well-documented career-threatening conflict of interest (and history of deceit) and Robert Garry received a multi-million dollar NIAID research grant shortly before his 180 degree change of opinion. Glenn Greenwald's story is focused on the irresponsible reporting by the NYT and WP. Why would these newspapers fail to inform their readers that there are concrete reasons to distrust both of these two experts upon whom their recent stories rely? National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) is the well funded agency directed by Anthony Fauci, who also has some explaining to do.
Greenwald's article is titled: "To Deny the "Lab Leak" COVID Theory, the NYT and WPost Use Dubious and Conflicted SourcesA bizarre and abrupt reversal by scientists regarding COVID's origins, along with clear conflicts of interest, create serious doubts about their integrity. Yet major news outlets keep relying on them."
Here is Daszak explaining his state of the art research back in 2017:
I don't know whether Sirota's numbers are accurate, but I agree with his sentiment. Sirota often writes about these issues and the too-cozy relationship between lawmakers and their donors.