Journalists continued to acknowledge Sunday that the media's longstanding dismissal of the Wuhan "lab-leak" theory was in part due to Republicans pitching it. REPORTERS BLAME TRUMP FOR NOT INITIALLY FINDING WUHAN LAB THEORY CREDIBLE"Yes, I think a lot of people have egg on their face," Karl said. WAPO COLUMNIST ROASTS MEDIA ON COVID-19 LAB THEORY ABOUT-FACE: ‘ZERO SELF AWARENESS’"Well, you know, there are political mistakes that lead to, to, you know, trouble in government. In a new fact-check timeline that declared the lab theory was "suddenly" credible, Kessler wrote, "The Trump administration’s messaging was often accompanied by anti-Chinese rhetoric that made it easier for skeptics to ignore its claims." Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield is among the proponents of the theory, pointing to the virus' efficient transmission among humans and the "gain of function" research at the Wuhan lab.

Source: Fox News May 31, 2021 15:33 UTC