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Last week google had a promoted 'fact check' snippet for searches about covid-19 being released from a lab. Predictably, it was an article debunking the story a
by aww_dang 7y ago
Last week google had a promoted 'fact check' snippet for searches about covid-19 being released from a lab. Predictably, it was an article debunking the story as a crack-pot conspiracy theory. Today stories about covid-19 being released from a lab are front page at news.google.com.
- chc4 7y agoThose new articles have basically the same exact conspiracy theory reasoning behind them as the ZeroHedge and friends ones from last week, so this isn't as much of a slam dunk as you make it sound like.
- aww_dang 7y agoNot sure why you need to characterize it as a slam dunk. That wasn't my intention. It is simply an observation of a contradiction. If we're capable of consuming news from a variety of sources, digesting them and coming to our own conclusions, that should be enough. If not, hand holding isn't going to help.
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- thrower123 7y agoThe hit rate on conspiracy theories is getting to be better than the official narrative these days.
- tim333 7y agoThere are two versions. It being genetically engineered is highly unlikely. However it being studied in the Wuhan lab and getting out through a screw up is possible. Not that it makes a huge difference at the end of the day. The fact check seems quite wishy washy https://fullfact.org/health/coronavirus-government-laboratory/ https://fullfact.org/health/coronavirus-government-laborator... and here's the lab leak theorizing for what it's worth https://nypost.com/2020/02/22/dont-buy-chinas-story-the-coronavirus-may-have-leaked-from-a-lab/ https://nypost.com/2020/02/22/dont-buy-chinas-story-the-coro...