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:::::That is a non-sequitur. The claim that The Epoch Times is "far-right" vs. right leaning (note the number of times others have tried to edit the article to be less BIASED and not use charged language, yet has been reverted) is justified based on these references. That I am removing just one of them that can reasonably be justified based on post-2022 assessments of COVID-19 is somehow disturbing to you? I've given 3 governmental agencies that move the needle from "conspiracy theory" (the claim of the reference) to "maybe its true" bothers you based on "point of view"? At this point, I have to question your POV. What are the post-2022 references you have to continue to claim that The Epoch Times spews "conspiracy theory" based on the lab-leak theory? Are you claiming that I have to get involved in editing yet another Wikipedia article in order to remove a now not-relevant site? [[User:Dr unix|Dr UNIX]] ([[User talk:Dr unix#top|talk]]) 07:36, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
::::::Have you read https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21670811.2021.1938165#d1e309 "What Are the Key Information Sources Used in the Discussion and Conspiracy Theorising of COVID-19"? The Epoch Times is the *9th* claimed siteing [Fig. 9] well behind YouTube, Twitter (of 2021), Reuters, et al.; yet those sources don't have this reference to claim they are "far-right". [[User:Dr unix|Dr UNIX]] ([[User talk:Dr unix#top|talk]]) 07:51, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
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