In order to escape from a lab, there is no requirement that it be "man-made or genetically modified." So the Times creates a fake narrative that Pompeo didn't say in order to refute an argument that was not made.
Regardless of whether it came from a lab or a meat market, China made no serious efforts to contain it, downplayed how serious it was - with assistance from the WHO - and allowed it spread throughout the world without self-restricting its own travel. This crisis either would not have occurred at all, or would have been considerably less severe had they been up front immediately and warned of the danger from the start.
Precisely. And usually they do it in such a sneaky way you get confused, or even if you keep it straight you think they might have been confused.
But here they have done it so deliberately and so clearly you can see that they are playing a shell game with the truth.