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Maybe if journalists (and those who employ them) actually started investigating a year ago when this stuff was first coming out instead of immediately and dismi
by cronix 5y ago
Maybe if journalists (and those who employ them) actually started investigating a year ago when this stuff was first coming out instead of immediately and dismissively labeling everyone who actually did as a conspiracy theorist nutjob and thus stymieing legitimate discovery, we'd have slightly more accurate information by now.
- jokethrowaway 5y agoThat would have fuelled calls for China to pay covid sanctions, at a time where countries were adding huge amounts to the debt future people will need to pay. There was enough money on the table to keep everyone quiet.
- infamouscow 5y agoWhat's to stop those calls from happening now? The answer is nothing.
- choward 5y agoBut that would require doing actual journalism.
- spookthesunset 5y agoI mean anybody who wasn't fully on board with the party line was labeled as a right-wing nut job. Asking even basic questions about what we are doing, why we are doing it and what the end game was has been met with extreme vitriol. It's one of the biggest tip-offs I had that my gut was onto something. Thank god we got vaccines as soon as we did because honestly the route society was taking was complete madness.
- xiphias2 5y agoPlease don't say thanks god we got the vaccines. I got it, you got it, but most of the people in the world having, and they are suffering more from the lack of jobs in their countries than any of us living in a richer country could imagine.