Chinanews, June 16th, comprehensive US media reports, recently, the well-known American talk comedian Jon Stewart publicly expressed support for the "new crown virus laboratory leak" theory in a program.
His actions drew criticism. The American "Washington Post" columnist Paul Waldman wrote that the actor's remarks were shocking. "Celebrities are not experts." People should not get scientific opinions from celebrities.
According to reports, Stewart made relevant remarks on the "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" program.
According to the report, this "shocked" the audience.
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"Washington Post" columnist Waldman was dissatisfied with this and wrote an article entitled "Jon Stewart's rhetoric is a reminder: Don't rely on celebrities to get the new crown theory."
Waldman wrote: "Stewart was once a very important figure, at the intersection of politics and popular culture."
"But he has retired, and only occasionally shows up, and because he always prefers to criticize Republicans, it is a bit shocking to see him on the "Stephen Kobyl Evening Show" talking about the new crown virus laboratory leaks. ."
Stewart implied that "this (the Wuhan laboratory leak) is the only reasonable explanation for the source of the virus," Waldman criticized.
"This provides an important lesson about celebrities: You should not get your political views, or your scientific views from them," Waldman pointed out in the article.
He further explained that he himself remained skeptical about the so-called "laboratory leak theory."
This is only important for historical records and questions such as "What should international virology laboratory safety standards require?" As a political issue, this is almost irrelevant.
Waldman said that although Stewart has the "right" to participate in as many talk shows as possible and explain his personal theories about the new crown virus, "his attacks on academics remind us why expertise is so important."
He also pointed out in the article that there are amateurs everywhere in the world who think they have stumbled on some information or logical connections, but those who know more about the subject missed them.
For example, Waldman said that on the computers of people who have not received formal physics training, there may be "a thousand unpublished manuscripts of "Einstein's Theory of Relativity Is Wrong"."
He pointed out, “When a celebrity you admire agrees with you, (you) feel good; when the same person’s values are different from you, (you) feel very bad...but they are not experts, we listen to experts The reason is that they know more than us."
In addition, Waldman also mentioned that former US President Trump once stated in 2020 that “there is a lot of evidence” that the theory of “laboratory leaks” was “correct”, and he quickly abandoned this statement later.
"But does that change anything? If we have conclusive evidence that the virus originated in the laboratory from the beginning, will Trump's response to the epidemic and the number of deaths caused by it become less catastrophic?" Finish)