Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-05-02 22:08:08 UTC - SOMEWHAT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 2B3DBFA8DAB451815A04EDD7D40B3B171215CB10BF916149533D5AD891A7C2DD
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Original Note:
The statement that Sir Richard Dearlove confessed that COVID-19 was engineered to depopulate the planet is misleading and not supported by his actual public statements or by the scientific consensus on the viruses' origin. Screenshot from fake news site People's Voice. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/06/03/exclusive-coronavirus-began-accident-disease-escaped-chinese/ https://news.sky.com/story/former-head-of-mi6-says-theory-coronavirus-was-made-in-wuhan-lab-must-not-be-dismissed-as-conspiracy-12021693 https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/Unclassified-Summary-of-Assessment-on-COVID-19-Origins.pdf https://fullfact.org/health/richard-dearlove-coronavirus-claims/ https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/news-punch/
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