It’s easy to be distracted by CNN’s Chris Cuomo working into his coverage of the Wuhan lab leak theory — which “suddenly” became viable after being dismissed as a debunked right-wing conspiracy theory by just about everybody in the media — that “Trumpers” are using the occasion to say, “I told you so.” They did tell you so and you dismissed them as wackos for a year, so yeah.
On April 15, 2020, Chris Cuomo cited intel sources in a report that said they were investigating the Wuhan lab. But tonight (May 26, 2021) Cuomo claimed the lab theory is "a newer notion" that wasn't taken seriously by the government until Biden ordered them to.
Video thread: https://t.co/LaoZJMAV6e— NewsBusters (@newsbusters) May 27, 2021
NewsBusters’ Nicholas Fondacaro caught Cuomo’s coverage of the lab leak theory Wednesday night, during which Cuomo said it was a “newer notion.”
Tonight Fredo claimed the idea that COVID came from the Wuhan lab was "a newer notion" and that "The government had not been open to the lab theory." But on April 15, 2020, Cuomo announced "breaking news" from his basement that the intel community thought it came from a lab. pic.twitter.com/5jVJ5GTrwI
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) May 27, 2021
Check out this clip of a quarantined and very excited Cuomo breaking the news about COVID-19 possibly being man-made and escaping from a lab:
Here's Fredo from his basement quarantine back in April 2020 talking about how COVID leaking from the Wuhan lab was "the story to watch" and cited intel sources.
He also wondered if "somebody changed a virus structure enough to make it a mystery for us." pic.twitter.com/F4Y7RY7qir— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) May 27, 2021
Breaking news! Sources say the U.S. is pursuing the theory that the coronavirus started in a Chinese lab, not a market!
Drew Holden did one of his awesome threads the other day showing the about-face the media had done on the lab leak theory:
But it wasn’t just NYT. @CNN was at the forefront, writing up a poll dismissively suggesting that an accidental release was “almost certainly not true,” called the lab in question “the focus of conspiracies” and, of course, used it to take shots at President Trump. pic.twitter.com/grBgezu9vk
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) May 18, 2021
“Despite evidence from infectious disease experts suggesting otherwise, nearly 30% of Americans in a new Pew poll said they believe the novel coronavirus was likely created in a lab,” CNN reported on April 13, 2020, two days before Cuomo’s big scoop. “A total of 23% of adults polled said they believe the virus was created intentionally. This is almost certainly not true, according to the genetic detectives studying the virus’s origins.”
But what about Cuomo’s big scoop?
Here's what I wrote back in May 2020 about him flip-flopping on the lab leak theory after Fox News and Newsmax talked about it:https://t.co/BVQLnRJUBS
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) May 27, 2021
.@ChrisCuomo says the Wuhan lab theory is 'a newer notion,' but @NewsBusters archives shows him hyping it in April 2020 https://t.co/35AMh62VZ8
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) May 27, 2021
Busted.
Not the sharpest knife in the drawer by any means….
— Peter Zabroski (@PZabroski) May 27, 2021
So even he doesn't watch his show.
— TaxnotSpendnot (@favortj) May 27, 2021
No. They are too busy watching FOX and talking about Tucker.
— Ladie Jaded (@ladie_jaded) May 27, 2021
When Fredo came down with the #ChinaVirus, it messed with him memory.
— 🇺🇲 Silly Relic 🇺🇸 (@PegasusBoat) May 27, 2021
The lab leak theory is new?!? Liberals, why do you watch guys like Cuomo? The narcissism is overwhelming. He lies constantly and he's always making excuses. "Republicans are politicizing it." No, YOU, the press, politicized it by calling it debunked!
— MoreThanAThielen (@paulweel29) May 27, 2021
Simple explanation. @ChrisCuomo aka Fredo is a partisan hack and a 🤡.
— Cryptologic Thinker (@ChuckChump) May 27, 2021
Idiots on the left will suck it up as truth no matter which way the wind blows, and dare anyone to deny it, whichever the "truth" be that day.
— Red Pilled Creole (@Creole56364444) May 27, 2021
It makes me feel dirty listening to this filthy liar @ChrisCuomo run his gross mouth.
Shameless liars are the worst.
— Jordan (@Spacegoat101) May 27, 2021
So who was it who took Cuomo aside and told him to stop promoting that debunked conspiracy theory last year?
Related:
Drew Holden revisits the media’s coverage of that ‘conspiracy theory’ that COVID-19 leaked from a Wuhan lab https://t.co/JAp0DzyTto
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 19, 2021
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