Things that went whizzing by that I want to remember... Wise words from Josh Marshall: Lab Leaks, Contrarians & the Semiotics of Lying Your Ass Off: ‘Probably unwisely, I have waded back into the “media got it wrong about a lab leak” debate with my friends Matt Yglesias and and Jon Chait. They’re not the worst on this. But as is often the case in life you’re most ticked by people you think should know better but apparently don’t…. Last year… some commentators went from saying this was a claim with zero evidence… that… was very unlikely to calling it a ‘conspiracy theory’ which had been ‘debunked’. These aren’t the same things. But they aren’t terribly far apart either. That is especially so when the people making the claims have a history of being chronic liars….
BRIEFLY NOTED: For 2021-06-11
BRIEFLY NOTED: For 2021-06-11
BRIEFLY NOTED: For 2021-06-11
Things that went whizzing by that I want to remember... Wise words from Josh Marshall: Lab Leaks, Contrarians & the Semiotics of Lying Your Ass Off: ‘Probably unwisely, I have waded back into the “media got it wrong about a lab leak” debate with my friends Matt Yglesias and and Jon Chait. They’re not the worst on this. But as is often the case in life you’re most ticked by people you think should know better but apparently don’t…. Last year… some commentators went from saying this was a claim with zero evidence… that… was very unlikely to calling it a ‘conspiracy theory’ which had been ‘debunked’. These aren’t the same things. But they aren’t terribly far apart either. That is especially so when the people making the claims have a history of being chronic liars….