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On Friday, Politico published an article, "POLITICO-Harvard poll: Most Americans believe Covid leaked from lab," which revealed the results of a poll showing that a majority of both Republicans and Democrats now view the COVID-19 virus as having leaked from the Wuhan lab rather than it spreading naturally from a bat. The subtitle of the story, "Opinion on the lab leak scenario, once seen as a fringe theory, has shifted dramatically" is interesting because Politico itself was at the forefront of the many media outlets branding the lab leak scenario as "fringe." The reason for Politico's over the top harsh branding of the lab leak theory appears to have been primarily political as you can see in their April 17, 2020 story, "‘Biological Chernobyl’: How China’s secrecy fueled coronavirus suspicions." The political branding of the theory as "fringe" begins with the subtitle, "U.S. officials are still debating whether the virus emerged from a Chinese lab. But that’s not stopping Fox News." And from there it is all downhill for Politico.
