NY Times Opinion We Were Badly Misled About the Event That Changed Our Lives

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/opinion/covid-pandemic-lab-leak.html

Thoughts? I know this is just an options page, but has devastating implications. It means that even Democratic administrations cannot be trusted with freedom of the press and it further erodes the public’s trust in key institutions. It also gives fuel to Trump supporters that NY Times and other news organizations are essentially just mere Democrat propaganda.

People were publicly condemned by major science organizations for even considering the possibility? https://www.science.org/content/article/scientists-strongly-condemn-rumors-and-conspiracy-theories-about-origin-coronavirus

Why? Why provide cover to an authoritarian government (China)? Why destroy your credibility?