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> When China was facing a backlash over its handling of early stages of the pandemic last year, and some US officials were floating the theory that the virus co

> When China was facing a backlash over its handling of early stages of the pandemic last year, and some US officials were floating the theory that the virus could have escaped from a Wuhan lab, CGTN started to push its own conspiracy theory. > Despite a complete lack of evidence, the station suggested the virus originated at a military base in Maryland in the US and was brought to China by American soldiers during an athletics competition.

Leary 6y ago
Can't believe the BBC calls a piece of political art "fake", especially when Australian soldiers murdered teenage Afghans in cold blood. Does it no longer pretend to abide by media impartiality.
- jtsiskin 6y ago
  Yes, I see so many reports call the image “fake” or “doctored”, making it sound like some fake news conspiracy or photoshop - but looking at the actual image, it is so clearly political art, I feel like I’m going crazy - https://twitter.com/zlj517/status/1333214766806888448?s=21 https://twitter.com/zlj517/status/1333214766806888448?s=21
aaron695 6y ago
We have always known it wasn't from a wet market. The Chinese can see that the BBC and other Western media has lied about it for over a year now. That's 1.4 billion people watching the lie. In a racist way, if it was a shopping mall we'd all know it's just because that's where people congregate. So why not push it "originated at a military base in Maryland", and better still why not believe it? It doesn't change anything, the West believes one lie, why not believe their own one.
- nicbou 6y ago
  > We have always known it wasn't from a wet market I haven't. What did I miss?
  - aaron695 6y ago
    We've know since January. The people we first see with a virus also came from ground zero? It's not logical to state this as fact. It's purely Western propaganda. Escape from a lab is far more logical, but similarly should not be stated as fact. https://www.livescience.com/covid-19-did-not-start-at-wuhan-wet-market.html https://www.livescience.com/covid-19-did-not-start-at-wuhan-... > I haven't. What did I miss? Stop reading the BBC, or at least read it with the same eyes as Russian and Chinese media.

Leary 6y ago

Can't believe the BBC calls a piece of political art "fake", especially when Australian soldiers murdered teenage Afghans in cold blood. Does it no longer pretend to abide by media impartiality.

jtsiskin 6y ago
Yes, I see so many reports call the image “fake” or “doctored”, making it sound like some fake news conspiracy or photoshop - but looking at the actual image, it is so clearly political art, I feel like I’m going crazy - https://twitter.com/zlj517/status/1333214766806888448?s=21 https://twitter.com/zlj517/status/1333214766806888448?s=21

aaron695 6y ago

We have always known it wasn't from a wet market. The Chinese can see that the BBC and other Western media has lied about it for over a year now. That's 1.4 billion people watching the lie. In a racist way, if it was a shopping mall we'd all know it's just because that's where people congregate. So why not push it "originated at a military base in Maryland", and better still why not believe it? It doesn't change anything, the West believes one lie, why not believe their own one.

nicbou 6y ago
> We have always known it wasn't from a wet market I haven't. What did I miss?
- aaron695 6y ago
  We've know since January. The people we first see with a virus also came from ground zero? It's not logical to state this as fact. It's purely Western propaganda. Escape from a lab is far more logical, but similarly should not be stated as fact. https://www.livescience.com/covid-19-did-not-start-at-wuhan-wet-market.html https://www.livescience.com/covid-19-did-not-start-at-wuhan-... > I haven't. What did I miss? Stop reading the BBC, or at least read it with the same eyes as Russian and Chinese media.