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>> The response to "conspiracy theories" is: show us your proof No, the response was to ridicule people making those arguments and to censor them. Like Glenn
by rufus_foreman 5y ago
>> The response to "conspiracy theories" is: show us your proof
No, the response was to ridicule people making those arguments and to censor them.
Like Glenn Kessler of the Washington Post telling Ted Cruz last May:
"I fear @tedcruz missed the scientific animation in the video that shows how it is virtually impossible for this virus jump from the lab. Or the many interviews with actual scientists. We deal in facts, and viewers can judge for themselves."
Or like "Twitter bans Chinese virologist claiming that coronavirus was made in a lab".
As usual, best summed up by the Babylon Bee:
"World-renowned fact-checking website Snopes has unveiled a brand new fact check rating called "False For Now." This will allow them to provide a rating for claims that are just conspiracy theories uttered by deranged far-right people until they later turn out to be true".
- Chris2048 5y agoTo be fair, they said the response "to .. is" as in "it ( ought to / should ) be" - not "was" Point stands though. Lacking the ability to argue the case, the press often derive authority from the ability to slander, censor and humiliate.
- loopz 5y agoPlease show citations of that then, of mainstream media doing the: slander, censor and humiliate, instead of just reporting one side or the other as usual. Heck, US has a mature president now even acknowledging there are two major competing hypotheses. Seeing leaders embracing uncertainty is rare, so it seems humanity is going through a learning phase right now, having to face up to uncertainty and fear.
- Chris2048 5y agoWhat do you mean by "citation"? An academic reference, or an example? There are examples of these in these comments, so if you doubt that these things are true (and cannot find examples in this thread) then please narrow it down to one - this isn't a wikipedia articles, theres as much burden on you to disprove something you disagree with, and you haven't yet stated you disagree with anything.
- loopz 5y agoAn example. I didn't find anything concrete in the comments. So there's nothing further to discuss.