Fake News Media Tries to Change the Narrative on the Wuhan Coronavirus

Published

6 months ago

Mar 21, 2020

On March 10, 2020, the New York Times attacked Senator Tom Cotton, Congressman Paul Gosar, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for calling the novel coronavirus the “Wuhan virus.”

Some conservatives, including Mike Pompeo, Sen. Tom Cotton and Rep. Paul Gosar, are using the term “Wuhan virus” to describe Covid-19. Critics accused the term, which goes against the recommendation of health officials, of being racist and xenophobic. https://t.co/z31zlTHCaL

— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 10, 2020

However, some journalist dug up information showing that the Times itself was using that term beforehand.

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For example, Jeryl Bier, a freelance journalist, posted a Twitter thread exposing the Times’ hypocrisy.

The @nytimes originally labeled its interactive map the "Wuhan Coronavirus Map." It is now just the "Coronavirus Map." pic.twitter.com/BbujBn1Mcc

— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) March 10, 2020

In one article on January 30, 2020, the title the Times ran was “To Understand the Wuhan Coronavirus, Look to the Epidemic Triangle”.

Then Bier showed that the Times had an article linking to a “Wuhan Coronavirus Map.”

He does note, however, that “if you click on the link now, it takes you to the ‘Coronavirus Map.’ (Although if you look quickly, the old page flashes up before the redirect takes over.)”

This Feb 13 @NYTimes article links to the "Wuhan Coronavirus Map". But if you click on the link now, it takes you to the "Coronavirus Map." (Although if you look quickly, the old page flashes up before the redirect takes over.)https://t.co/1BZ9g6tm2J pic.twitter.com/SMTvEKlXkR

— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) March 10, 2020

Now, the Times and other outlets engaging in race-baiting are effectively becoming mouthpieces for the Chinese Communist Party.

They are simply in denial of the reality that the coronavirus originated in Wuhan.

Judging by the media’s behavior, one should not be surprised why so many people despise the Fake News media.

Advancing CCP narratives is a new low for our discredited media.

For that reason, decent people should completely avoid giving their stories the time of day/

Southern Baptist Convention Reverses Course on Name Change After BLP Reporting

They say they’re not changing their name.

Published

2 days ago

Sep 20, 2020

Richard Moorhead

The Southern Baptist Convention has sought to dispel reporting from Big League Politics on the organization’s planned name change, arguing that the institution isn’t formally changing its name.

To correct multiple inaccurate reports, “We Are Great Commission Baptists” is the 2021 Annual Meeting THEME.

The GCB descriptor was approved in 2012 for churches to use if it would be helpful in their local context.

The Southern Baptist Convention remains our official name.

— SBC Executive Committee (@SBCExecComm) September 17, 2020

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But a close look at the American Christian church’s plans relating to its name reveal that it’s played with the idea far more seriously than they’re making it seem.

Reports of a name change first emerged in a Washington Post article published on Tuesday. SBC President JD Greear told the Post that “hundreds of churches” affiliated with the denomination had “committed” to using the phrase “Great Commission Baptist” as an alternative to the denomination’s longtime moniker. The change would come as Greear touts his support of the Black Lives Matter, although he’s been careful in pointing out he doesn’t support any formal organization related to the movement. Greear also is renaming the church he personally pastors with the term.

The SBC’s 2021 convention will also organize under the motto of “We Are Great Commission Baptists.” Sounds a lot like a name change, even if the SBC’s leadership is steadfastly maintaining it isn’t.

The name ‘Great Commission Baptist’ is theologically sound in the Christian religion, but it’s somewhat questionable that the organization’s leader appears to be emphasizing it at a moment in which political correctness is making its entryism into many Christian churches and organizations.

It seems as if the organization’s figurehead is keen to present himself as a liberal-style suburban Evangelical to the Washington Post, but he changed his tune quite quickly when the rank and file membership of Southern Baptist churches learned that he was promoting the idea of a name change.