China Blasts Joe Biden's Wuhan Lab Probe as 'Smear Campaign'
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We ran the numbers: There are 1891 news articles covering this topic. 31% (579) are left leaning, 30% (579) are center, and 39% (733) are right leaning.
The Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C. has denounced fresh U.S. efforts to trace the origins of COVID-19. While left-leaning articles highlight that President Joe Biden told Americans he ordered U.S. intelligence agencies to report in 90 days on whether the virus originated not in animals, right-leaning articles highlight that Graham said he plans to propose sanctions on China until it agrees to a transparent probe into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.
A left-leaning article by CNN highlights that President Joe Biden told Americans he ordered U.S. intelligence agencies to report in 90 days on whether the virus originated not in animals. The focus on the laboratory theory in recent days multiplied calls in Washington for the U.S. to make China pay a price for the pandemic.
Newsweek published a centrist article reporting that intelligence agencies have “coalesced around two likely scenarios” surrounding the emergence of the novel coronavirus. The Chinese Embassy’s website described the “lab leak” theory as a “smear campaign.”
A right-leaning article by New York Post highlights that Graham said he plans to propose sanctions on China until it agrees to a transparent probe into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. Graham added that “the only way China’s going to respond is when the world makes them respond.”