Matt Walsh

You know, we know that we can't trust.

Who can we trust?

And so when something like this happens, it's not clear what the actual facts are.

And that's why we're trying to lay them out.

Now, the magazine Unheard ran its own deep dive recently into several of these missing scientists.

And while they're more skeptical about the narrative, even than I am, they did include this paragraph on the origins of the story, which is pretty interesting.

It's always important to try to figure out when everyone's talking about a particular topic, where it began exactly.

and here's what they came up with.

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Where did this narrative even come from?

The earliest article on this topic is dated March 22nd, was published in Daily Mail.

It notes five missing scientists.

Two days later, a website called the Liberty Line added another name, expanding the list to six.

According to its ex-account, the website specializes in Philadelphia sports and whatever else comes to mind.

Right-wing media and influencers kept adding names until we reached Eskridge, with old cases treated as breaking news.

And finally, the story made its way to Fox News and the White House briefing room.

Now what's frustrating about this is that indeed there are several disappearances and deaths that are worth further investigation.

I don't think any reasonable person can deny that.

We simply don't have many details about deaths that are obviously suspicious and that involve very high level scientists, including retired scientists.

But by the same token, no reasonable person can deny that the tabloids and even some major media outlets that function as tabloids are mainly interested in turning this whole story into a circus.