Media Backtracks on Lab Leak Coverage

Price, G. (1 June 2021). Washington Post Edits 15-Month-Old Headline That Claimed COVID-19 Lab Leak Theory Was ‘Already Debunked'. Daily Caller.

Atwood, K. (26 May 2021). Pompeo-led effort to hunt down Covid lab theory shut down by Biden administration over concerns about quality of evidence. CNN.

Kerr, A. (20 May 2021). PolitiFact Quietly Retracts ‘Pants On Fire’ Lab Leak Fact Check. Daily Caller.

Funke, D. (16 September 2020). Archived fact-check: Tucker Carlson guest airs debunked conspiracy theory that COVID-19 was created in a lab. PolitiFact.

Firozi, P. (17 February 2020). Tom Cotton keeps repeating a coronavirus fringe theory that scientists have disputed. The Washington Post.

Rogin, J. (8 March 2021). In 2018, Diplomats Warned of Risky Coronavirus Experiments in a Wuhan Lab. No One Listened. Politico.

Owermohle, S. (27 April 2020). Trump cuts U.S. research on bat-human virus transmission over China ties. Politico.

CNN. (6 May 2020). Twitter.

Bertrand, N., Atwood, K., Williams, K-B. & Cohen, Z. (24 May 2021). New information on Wuhan researchers' illness furthers debate on pandemic origins. CNN.

New York Times. (17 February 2020). Senator Tom Cotton Repeats Fringe Theory of Coronavirus Origins.

Gorman, J. & Zimmer, C. (13 May 2021). Another Group of Scientists Calls for Further Inquiry Into Origins of the Coronavirus. New York Times.

Drew Holden. (25 May 2021). Twitter.

Bloomberg. (20 April 2020). Wuhan lab denies link to virus outbreak after Trump fans speculation that China may be ‘knowingly responsible’. Fortune.

Chandler, C. & Barret, E. (25 May 2021). Why the ‘Wuhan lab leak theory’ is getting a second look. Fortune.

Pompeo, M.R. (15 January 2021). Ensuring a Transparent, Thorough Investigation of COVID-19’s Origin. U.S. Department of State.