Chait promoted an op-ed he wrote that urged the “progressive media” to “speak out against the madness” to counter what he admits was a culture that refuses to challenge left-wing ideas. On his Twitter account, he also pointed out that many media pundits have admitted the same to him privately. “The Washington Post’s media critic admitted publicly what many people have told me privately: They didn’t criticize crazy left-wing rants because they feared for their jobs,” Chait wrote. Chet was then criticized for exposing the cowardice of many progressive writers like himself. Jonathan Chait has revealed that many members of the media have privately admitted to him that they are afraid to speak out against attacks on the origin of COVID-19 for fear of losing their jobs. ((Colter Peterson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)) DOCTOR GET ‘CULTURE CANCELLATION’ FOR MISSING KEY MEETING AFTER SPEAK OUT AGAINST LIBERAL IDEOLOGY IN HEALTH Ron DeSantis Rapid Response Director Christina Pushaw wrote: “Democrats are the party of censorship, and ironically, their lobby monitors with the title ‘reporter’ are some of the most ardent and vocal censors for the regime.” “Why didn’t you admit it publicly?” Spectator editor Stephen Miller asked. “I will praise these people for their bravery two years from now, just as they discovered their nerve two years later,” joked conservative personality Noam Blum. Radio host Erick Erickson tweeted: “It’s almost like there’s a threat to a free press from the left.” Townhall.com columnist Brad Slager tweeted: “I love that Chet writes this: He boldly admits ‘his attitude was cowardice and mid-career risk management.’ However, his tweet admits his own cowardice. Why not report what these people told you beforehand?” Jonathan Chait has criticized the lack of discussion about the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) CNN contributor Mary Katherine Ham wrote: “There’s a lot of cowardice and conformity in the media. I have the advantage of being canceled beforehand—a symptom of conformity itself—so it’s easier for me to deviate. But it would be would my average career be better if I just said what everyone else was doing? Of course. Burn and be curious!” FROM HUNTER BIDEN TO THE WUHAN LEAK THEORY, EIGHT TIMES THE MEDIA ADMITTED THEY GOT A BIG WRONG NARRATIVE Chait’s article on the topic gave the Black Lives Matter riots and the origins of the COVID-19 virus as examples of topics considered “taboo” by progressive writers at the time. “For every person humiliated or fired for a minor or non-existent offense, many other people will refuse to criticize even patently absurd left-wing devotions,” Cheit wrote. “The denunciation of the arson and looting that frequently appeared around the George Floyd protests violated such a taboo.” The George Floyd riots were a topic that Jonathan Chait admitted was “taboo” for some members of the media. (Fox News) CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP He added, “Progressives decided that the assumption that COVID-19 might have originated in a lab rather than zoonotic was ‘racist’ — even though this was a purely scientific question, the evidence was and is murky, and it was easier to imagine racist behavior arising from a theory that blames COVID on Chinese cultural practices rather than a theory that blames the Chinese government. Journalists at mainstream institutions followed this convention, effectively turning a scientific question into a political one. When institutions adopt illiberal rules of debate that make it impossible to challenge them on charges of racism or sexism, they inevitably open themselves up to abuse.” Lindsay Kornick is an associate editor for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to [email protected] and on Twitter: @lmkornick.