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Why is it that when journalists say shit you agree with, they're just reporting the news, and when they don't, they're corporate journalists? Bob Malone was no
by MisterBastahrd 4y ago
Why is it that when journalists say shit you agree with, they're just reporting the news, and when they don't, they're corporate journalists?
Bob Malone was not an inventor of the mRNA vaccine. He was a co-author of a paper detailing how injecting RNA into muscle fibers could produce protein. For those playing at home, this is the equivalent of signing your name on someone else's paper on how to crack an egg and then declaring that you invented hollandaise sauce.
- suoduandao2 4y agoBecause when I listened to him speak with enough time to give as much context as he wanted, it was clear that's not a claim he makes. He may have said something to the effect that he did a lot of early research in the field, possibly something that, if interpreted uncharitably, could imply he was taking more credit than was due him. But falsely attributing an untrue statement to someone and then calling him a liar for the thing he didn't say is precisely the kind of skillful misinformation I've come to expect from corporate journalists since the Iraq war. How someone can say 'trust the experts' in the morning and trust the New York Times over a widely-cited scientist in the evening is beyond me. And please, tell me where in this account's relatively short history I've ever agreed with a corporate journalist on anything. While you're at it, tell me whether you're for or against informed consent for medical procedures.