>But it is really interesting to note how difficult it was to restart the conversation once the lab leak theory was "debunked" Modern journalists are used to o

>But it is really interesting to note how difficult it was to restart the conversation once the lab leak theory was "debunked" Modern journalists are used to observing social media to determine and reinforce trends. When something won't trend on twitter or propagate on FB because those platforms have added it to their hardcoded lists of 'topics that will never trend even if literally half the userbase tweets the hashtag' it's almost impossible to get the media to pay attention to it.