Morning Jolt: NPR’s Complete About-Face on the Lab-Leak Theory

On the menu today: A really good interview on NPR, detailing the evidence supporting the lab-leak theory, is welcome — but also illuminates how dramatically the institution's conventional wisdom has flipped; China blames the global COVID-19 pandemic on a bunch of vapors in Milwaukee; and all the Supreme Court analysis you could ever need.

NPR Does a Lab-Leak Theory 180

Terry Gross of NPR did a lengthy interview with Katherine Eban about her Vanity Fair article, "The Lab-Leak Theory: Inside The Fight To Uncover COVID-19’s Origins." It's a great interview, and Eban offers detailed answers to every question, admits uncertainty where we simply don't have answers yet, and lays out a coherent and logical potential sequence of events.

But it's mind-blowing how drastically and dramatically the perspective on this has changed, particularly at NPR. Back in late April 2020, NPR interviewed "half-a-dozen scientists familiar with lab accidents and how research on coronaviruses is conducted ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY June 18 2021 WITH JIM GERAGHTY June 18 2021 NPR's Complete About-Face on the Lab-Leak Theory On the menu today: A really good interview on NPR, detailing the evidence supporting the lab-leak theory, is welcome — but also illuminates how dramatically the institution's conventional wisdom has flipped; China blames the global COVID-19 pandemic on a bunch of vapors in Milwaukee; and all the Supreme Court analysis you could ever need. NPR Does a Lab-Leak Theory 180 Terry Gross of NPR did a lengthy interview with Katherine Eban about her Vanity Fair article, "The Lab-Leak Theory: Inside The Fight To Uncover COVID-19’s Origins." It's a great interview, and Eban offers detailed answers to every question, admits uncertainty where we simply don't have answers yet, and lays out a coherent and logical potential sequence of events. But it's mind-blowing how drastically and dramatically the perspective on this has changed, particularly at NPR. Back in late April 2020, NPR interviewed "half-a-dozen scientists familiar with lab accidents and how research on coronaviruses is conducted ...   READ MORE

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