By Declaring March 11 "Our" Covid Anniversary, the Press Erases Covid's Origin Story in the U.S.
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Of course, the putative anniversary was marked by a Presidential address: “Transcript: Joe Biden delivers remarks on 1-year anniversary of pandemic” (ABC). However, in this post I won’t be pulling on my yellow waders to read it; rather, I’ll focus on how convenient the March 11 is for the Professional-Managerial Class (PMC) that is so busily constructing this narrative for us, in the persons of writers at the New York Times, WaPo, People, Buzzfeed, ABC, NBC, and NBC, among others. Why March 11? Well, because an authority (WHO, or, if you like, the NBA)...