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cayugafalls

(5,631 posts)
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 06:16 PM Sep 2020

Tucker Carlson guest airs debunked conspiracy theory that COVID-19 was created in a lab

Over the next six-and-a-half minutes, Yan, a virologist and former postdoctoral fellow at the University of Hong Kong, explained that the Chinese government created the coronavirus in a Wuhan lab and released it intentionally. The virus’ genome, she said, indicates that it was modified. She accused the Chinese Communist Party of silencing those who claim otherwise.

"It’s hard to be shocked in a moment like this, but you have succeeded in shocking me," Carlson said at the end of the interview. "Unfortunately, this is not the forum for the details of your research; I don’t have the grounding necessary to ask you the right questions."

Scientists do. The consensus of the scientific community and international public health organizations is that the coronavirus emerged from bats and later jumped to humans.

But the doctor’s interview on "Tucker Carlson Tonight" quickly took off, inspiring a rash of social media posts parroting her claims.


https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/16/li-meng-yan/tucker-carlson-guest-airs-debunked-conspiracy-theo/
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Tucker Carlson guest airs debunked conspiracy theory that COVID-19 was created in a lab (Original Post) cayugafalls Sep 2020 OP
Despicable. SergeStorms Sep 2020 #1
We're starting to see false information at such a high rate that it is hard to cover properly. cayugafalls Sep 2020 #2
That's the GOP playbook. SergeStorms Sep 2020 #3
Has anyone else heard that Tucker and his guest are animatronic robots, programmed struggle4progress Sep 2020 #4
Ha! That is new to me. cayugafalls Sep 2020 #5
Tucker Carlson's bigotry and disinformation is a danger to this country. Fox News kills. nt crickets Sep 2020 #6
+1 cayugafalls Sep 2020 #7

SergeStorms

(18,903 posts)
1. Despicable.
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 06:24 PM
Sep 2020

Carlson's viewers aren't smart enough to remember they've already been fed this stale, putrid nonsense earlier in the year.

cayugafalls

(5,631 posts)
2. We're starting to see false information at such a high rate that it is hard to cover properly.
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 06:33 PM
Sep 2020

The constant deluge of lies makes it very hard to keep up. By the time you can get the debunked messages out there, the lies have been spread far and wide.

Any attempt at further debunking is labeled fake news. Something needs to be done. This country can't survive if vast numbers of people are fed bullshit from false news sources within our own country.

We need to bring back the Fairness Doctrine and break up media conglomerates and restrict media to local outlets in local markets with independent owners.

It is going to take a long time to undo the damage done to our country.

SergeStorms

(18,903 posts)
3. That's the GOP playbook.
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 07:56 PM
Sep 2020

And with Rump the lies spread exponentially. He's been a godsend to the republican propaganda Wurlitzer.

struggle4progress

(118,041 posts)
4. Has anyone else heard that Tucker and his guest are animatronic robots, programmed
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 08:21 PM
Sep 2020

in Russia to repeat idiotic conspiracy theories?

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