MSNBC’s The Last Word tweeted out last year that calling COVID-19 the “China virus” led to an increase in anti-Asian bias:
Anti-Asian bias rose after media, officials used 'China virus,' report shows https://t.co/fEZuGB8cC8 pic.twitter.com/2AXh2SW3GM
— The Last Word (@TheLastWord) September 29, 2020
But, you see, it’s totally cool with MSNBC to call a variant of COVID-19 first identified in India as the “Indian coronavirus variant”:
First confirmed case of Indian coronavirus variant in U.S. found in California https://t.co/pOOmwyLPbE pic.twitter.com/KwdoySxyKh
— The Last Word (@TheLastWord) April 4, 2021
We’re sorry MSNBC, but health experts have told us over and over again not to refer to variants this way:
The WHAT variant?! ?
— Kevin (@Raider_Kev) April 4, 2021
“Variants don’t have nationalities”:
Variants don't have nationalities. https://t.co/azZYDQuHlo
— RT (@thereald0rt) April 4, 2021
And, according to their rules, this tweet is racist:
This is a racist tweet by MSNBC’s own standards. https://t.co/T1S63KUqzJ
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) April 4, 2021
Time for a boycott, libs!
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