made available to the white house and congress, the department reaching the same conclusion as the fbi, that covid probably escaped from a lab. keep in mind, this was repeatedly dismissed as a conspiracy theory over and over again, both by scientists and members of the media. that is not the only thing that s giving folks whiplash in recent weeks. a major study finding masks made no difference in stopping the spread, concluding natural immunity provided as much protection as being double vaccinated. and the talking heads all too quick to dismiss it. i m really sorry that the lab leak has become a distraction for so many people. frankly we still don t know. there s no evidence really to say. it s very strongly leading to this could not have been artificially manipulated. just weeks ago, dr. jonathan fauci disputed the conspiracy that it was made in a lab in china. escaped from the lab, sounds like something from a marvel movie or a science book. this coronavirus
donald trump. they were not going to go along with anything. it was political. the polls show that confidence in the media has absolutely plummeted. in 1977, 71% of americans had a good deal of trust in the media. it s down to 7% now. this has consequences, because when, for example, president trump says the election is stolen, and the majority of americans believe him, the media says it s not true, they re like the boy who called wolf, the people who gave us the russia collusion policy, who pushed the steele dossier, the lab leak, all the rest of it. people don t trust the media. there s no neutral arbiter of truth in the country, and as a result people get away with things that aren t true. you brought up presidential politics. we had a new poll over the weekend. we ll talk more about covid throughout this hour. the republican nominee preference, fox news poll just released yesterday, in 2024, donald trump, at 44%.