Coverage dated October 20, 2021

China Is Pushing a New COVID Origin Theory: Maine Lobsters

Headline from NBC Chicago

In mid-September, Marcel Schliebs, a disinformation researcher at the University of Oxford who had been tracking messaging that Chinese diplomats and state media spread on Twitter for 18 months, spotted the emergence of a surprising coronavirus origin theory.

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  1. NBC Chicago

    China Is Pushing a New COVID Origin Theory: Maine Lobsters (opens NBC Chicago)

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    In mid-September, Marcel Schliebs, a disinformation researcher at the University of Oxford who had been tracking messaging that Chinese diplomats and state media spread on Twitter for 18 months, spotted the emergence of a surprising coronavirus origin theory.

  2. News Center Maine

    Maine lobsters blamed for COVID in China-linked disinformation campaign, NBC reports (opens News Center Maine)

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    Are Maine's lobsters to blame for COVID? That's where a China-linked disinformation campaign places the blame.

  3. The Hill

    China-linked campaign pushes unfounded claim tying Maine lobster to COVID: report (opens The Hill)

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    The Hill's feed description

    Researchers have spotted an unusual Chinese campaign to suggest that Maine lobsters may have been the source of COVID-19.

  4. NBC News

    China-linked disinformation campaign blames Covid on Maine lobsters (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    In mid-September, Marcel Schliebs, a disinformation researcher at the University of Oxford, spotted the emergence of a surprising coronavirus origin theory.

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