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New York Times COVID Reporter Says It’s “Racist” to Discuss Wuhan Lab Leak Theory
Summit News ^ | 28 May, 2021 | Paul Joseph Watson

Posted on 05/28/2021 8:58:36 AM PDT by george76

Journalism clown world strikes again.

A New York Times reporter who specializes in COVID-19 coverage tweeted that it was “racist” to even talk about the Wuhan lab leak theory.

The lab leak issue has received a wave of attention following the Biden’s administration’s announcement that a 90 day investigation would be conducted into its veracity.

The NYT itself also reported yesterday that the U.S. intelligence community has been sitting on a “raft” of evidence pertaining to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

However, Apoorva Mandavilli, who in her bio says she reports for the NYT “mainly” on COVID, asserted in a tweet that even discussing the issue was “racist.”

“Someday we will stop talking about the lab leak theory and maybe even admit its racist roots. But alas, that day is not yet here,” tweeted Mandavilli.

She faced immediate pushback and subsequently deleted the tweet.

“It damages the NYT’s reputation to have a key reporter on the most important story of the year say a valid news angle shouldn’t be discussed because it has “racist roots.” Aren’t they supposed to be in the news business?” asked Josh Barro.

“Oh my god: I didn’t realize what her job is,” remarked investigative journalist Glenn Greenwald. “Can someone explain to me why it’s racist to wonder if a virus escaped from a Chinese lab, but it’s not racist to insist that it infected humans because of Chinese wet markets? If anything, isn’t the latter more racist?” he asked.

For nearly a year, President Donald Trump was repeatedly smeared as a racist by the media merely for pointing out that the virus originated in China.

The World Health Organization also advised countries not to impose border controls in the early weeks of the pandemic so as to avoid the “stigmatization” of Chinese people.

This advice was taken by the British government, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser revealing earlier this week that Johnson didn’t want to shut down the border for fear of being labeled “racist.”

Apparently, not being called racist is more important than stopping a deadly pandemic or investigating the origin of where it came from


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: apoorvamandavilli; china; chinavirus; covid; covid19; enemedia; media; mediawingofthednc; msn; newspapers; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkslimes; newyorktimes; oldmedia; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; racist; wuhan; wuhanlab; wuhanlableak
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To: george76

It’s a sign of the Times.


21 posted on 05/28/2021 9:16:33 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: george76

EVERYTHING is racist with these woke goofballs.
They’ve worn the race card out....nobody gives a shite anymore.


22 posted on 05/28/2021 9:17:44 AM PDT by lgjhn23 (Pray for America....)
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To: george76

Let’s simplify everything... it’s racist to Disagree with liberals.


23 posted on 05/28/2021 9:17:51 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: Alas Babylon!
Like Sam Elliot said: "You make your living throwing a ball through a hoop. A trained seal can do that."

Agree, so sit down and STFU.

24 posted on 05/28/2021 9:21:05 AM PDT by econjack
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican

sort of lie the “South African” variant or “Brazilian” variant...


25 posted on 05/28/2021 9:23:57 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: george76

Gotta give China credit for one thing: When they buy something, it stays bought. The mob could have learned a thing or two from the racketeering organization known as the PRC.

Over the last several decades, China has invested HEAVILY in media properties, academic institutions and NGO/ThinkTanks and that investment has paid off in spades the last year and a half.


26 posted on 05/28/2021 9:28:25 AM PDT by ScubaDiver (Reddit refugee.)
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To: george76

We are going to see a lot of Chinese agents exposing themselves.


27 posted on 05/28/2021 9:42:23 AM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: george76

These people are dangerous. They would rather allow the chicoms to get away with releasing a deadly virus than call them on it and be branded “racist.”


28 posted on 05/28/2021 9:43:36 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Non-binary transnormativity is a construct of intersectionality. Leftist gobbledegook stinks.)
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To: george76

I guess we’ll just have to ignore the attempted use of racism as an argument for or against anything and everything.


29 posted on 05/28/2021 9:50:11 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Any comment might be sarcasm, or not. It depends. Often I'm not sure either.)
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To: george76

Clearly, as George Carlin so prophetically warned us all, we have a dope problem. There are just too many dopes. This person is exactly what he was warning us about. Stupid is not only a way of being, it is now and entire culture. BLM is stupid at a level never before seen by man, or woman. Dopes is a real problems. Perhaps they need more Fentanyl. I am sure the Chinese will help us with that.


30 posted on 05/28/2021 9:58:27 AM PDT by Richard Axtell ( NO*)
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To: george76

It’s racist to discuss how biased newspapers are too...

And how dreadful inflaiton can be ... well, during a democrat Administration.

And it’s racist to point out democrats were the party of the KKK - and that in the sixties to keep power - all the former KKK/democrat racists switched positions from “blacks can do no right” to “blacks can do no wrong”... Biased hateful democrat ‘all bad’ to biased hateful democrat ... ‘all good’... Both ugly REAL racist positions. (a position still held by most of the idiots at the New York Times) Apoorva Mandavilli is a gullible emotional fool...


31 posted on 05/28/2021 10:00:59 AM PDT by GOPJ (Liz Cheney: There was NO VOTER FRAUD Winston. YOU agree Winston? How many fingers Winston...?)
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To: God luvs America

Exactly.


32 posted on 05/28/2021 10:09:22 AM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: george76

Dare I suggest that he is the “specialist” on WuhanFlu at the NYT because even the NYT couldn’t find another person willing to lie as much at this total waste of human protoplasm?
All this tool had to do was regurgitate what the CCP/WHO told him to say, spiced with a little dab of DJTrump hatred. Even a graduate with a journalism degree can do that much!


33 posted on 05/28/2021 10:18:22 AM PDT by bobbo666 (Baizuo)
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To: george76

It’s racist and also causes global warming


34 posted on 05/28/2021 10:18:39 AM PDT by drypowder
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To: george76

Can we just beat the Chinese people up? That doesn’t seem to be racist.


35 posted on 05/28/2021 10:25:41 AM PDT by dgbrown
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To: george76

Well, there isn’t going to be much use for reporters on the Covid-19 beat for long, but I guess there’s always work for “racism” journalists.


36 posted on 05/28/2021 11:46:26 AM PDT by The Pack Knight
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Partisan Media Shills alert.

37 posted on 05/28/2021 12:16:09 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: george76

Apoorva is a poor va....journalist.


38 posted on 05/28/2021 12:20:05 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: george76

I hear the ‘vid has slanty eyes!


39 posted on 05/28/2021 12:31:29 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (GMO opponents who took the covid jab are now GMOs themselves.)
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To: george76

I have a young Ger Shep who is a total dooofus, with the attention span of a mosquito.

HOWEVER- SHE IS SMARTER THAN THIS...


40 posted on 05/28/2021 1:15:30 PM PDT by ridesthemiles ( )
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