FROM CROTON'S MICHAEL BALTER---MORE BAD JOURNALISM FROM THE NY TIMES. IT'S COVID ORIGINS, AGAIN (AN EXEGESIS)

On July 25, the New York Times Magazine published a lengthy and long-awaited article by science writer David Quammen, entitled “The Ongoing Mystery of Covid’s Origin.” I say “long-awaited” because Quammen has dropped many broad hints over the past months that it was coming. I don’t envy Quammen the task: During the time he was preparing it, a lot of things happened in the fierce Covid origins debate, ranging from raccoon dog studies to intel reports to media leaks to Congressional hearings.  MORE AT More bad journalism from the New York Times. It's Covid origins, again (an exegesis) (substack.com)