Whistleblower alleges CIA offered officials money to change view of COVID origins
FOX NewsAPR 2023
Whistleblower Claims CIA Bribed COVID Team to Reject Lab-Leak Theory
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The Spin
Democratic narrative
Despite more mainstream media outlets now entertaining the lab leak hypothesis, there is still no more evidence of such a theory today than there was when the only ones pushing it were Trump-supporting conspiracy theorists. Wet markets selling dangerous animals have always been more plausible than trained scientists leaking a deadly virus, and that fact stands true today. Serious researchers from America to China have thoroughly investigated this matter, and none have found evidence to the contrary.
Republican narrative
For years, US intelligence agencies, bureaucrats, media outlets, and tech companies worked tirelessly to censor any and all talk of the lab leak theory. Now that both the FBI and Dept. of Energy have given it credence, it's time to investigate why the CIA still hasn't shifted its view on the matter and what this whistleblower can tell us about it. If the most powerful people in the nation tried hiding a story for years, it would behoove the public to listen to the loan dissenter who is risking it all to challenge them.