WSJ squashes MAGA conspiracy theory — with Trump admin's own words - Raw Story
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The Wall Street Journal's own editorial board used Trump administration statements to challenge the claim that Fauci covered up COVID's origins.
Conspiracy TheoryIn-Group Credibility EffectMotivated ReasoningEpistemic Authority
Theory Briefing
- The Wall Street Journal editorial board, a conservative outlet, pushed back on the Fauci cover-up conspiracy theory using the Trump administration's own words.
- The rebuttal is notable because it comes from within a media sphere broadly sympathetic to MAGA, not from traditional fact-checkers.
- The theory holds that Fauci deliberately suppressed evidence about COVID-19's origins — a claim the WSJ board found unsupported by the administration's own record.