ハフポスト日本版編集部「「スイスの生物学者」の暴露を中国メディアが続々と報道 ⇒ スイス大使館が存在否定「実在するなら是非お会いしたいです！」」https://www.huffingtonpost.jp/entry/story_jp_6115c495e4b07c1403132467
Suranjana Tewari “China: Swiss embassy urges media to remove scientist fake news” https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-58168588
Matthew Loh “Chinese state media cited a Swiss biologist who said the US interfered with the WHO’s COVID-19 investigations. The Swiss embassy says the biologist likely doesn’t exist.” https://www.businessinsider.com.au/chinese-media-covid-articles-swiss-biologist-embassy-doesnt-exist-2021-8
Brooke Rolfe “Chinese state media caught inventing a Swiss biologist who blamed America for Covid-19 origin lies” https://www.news.com.au/world/coronavirus/global/chinese-state-media-caught-inventing-a-swiss-biologist-who-blamed-america-for-covid-origin-lies/news-story/52a3ecc2a7c89b46480d84cb40627632
Michael Peuker “A la recherche du mystérieux Wilson Edwards, le biologiste suisse qui défend la Chine” https://www.rts.ch/info/monde/12411084-a-la-recherche-du-mysterieux-wilson-edwards-le-biologiste-suisse-qui-defend-la-chine.html
北京の瑞西大使館のツィート；
Looking for Wilson Edwards, alleged 🇨🇭 biologist, cited in press and social media in China over the last several days. If you exist, we would like to meet you! But it is more likely that this is a fake news, and we call on the Chinese press and netizens to take down the posts. pic.twitter.com/U6ku5EGibm
— Embassy of Switzerland in Beijing (@SwissEmbChina) 2021年8月10日
Wilson Edwardsなるフェイスブック・アカウントについて。BBCのEdward Lawrence記者の調査；
Two minutes of searching and I’ve found “Wilson Edwards” on Facebook. He recently joined, has just three friends and has only posted once. That post has been widely cited by Chinese state media. 👇 https://t.co/OULjMXBOwi pic.twitter.com/XYN2T8Rtoj
— Edward Lawrence (@EP_Lawrence) 2021年8月10日
I’ve done a quick reverse image search of the profile photo for the account. Seems to be from a website called No Man Before and is a picture of the Ratcliffe Science Library in Oxford. Compare below 👇 https://t.co/RBwqFwbyxh pic.twitter.com/fC3IVwrje1
— Edward Lawrence (@EP_Lawrence) 2021年8月10日
Among those who’ve directly shared the post - @shanghaidaily and a Chinese diplomat based in Pakistan. pic.twitter.com/veakVwg1Ax
— Edward Lawrence (@EP_Lawrence) 2021年8月10日
結局中国諸メディアはWilson Edwardsを削除；
Helen Davidson “Chinese media in fake news claims over Swiss scientist critical of US” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/11/chinese-media-fake-news-claims-swiss-scientist-wilson-edwards-critical-of-us
WSJのJonathan Cheng記者曰く、
Sadly, Swiss biologist Dr. Wilson Edwards appears to have been removed from a recent CGTN article alleging "enormous pressure" and "intimidation" from the U.S. in the virus origins hunt.
— Jonathan Cheng (@JChengWSJ) 2021年8月10日
h/t @ByXiaoXiaohttps://t.co/fWyJGomM2J
Edward Lawrence記者のツィートに戻ると、フェイスブックのWilson Edwardsアカウントは８月11日の時点で削除されたっぽいらしい；
The Facebook account of the mysterious “Wilson Edwards” with three friends and one post appears to have now been deleted or deactivated. Link I saved yesterday no longer working and I can’t find it in the search anymore. #whereswilson pic.twitter.com/5WMaRgwMdn
— Edward Lawrence (@EP_Lawrence) 2021年8月11日
ツィッターの方はまだ生きている！
The Facebook account of the mysterious “Wilson Edwards” with three friends and one post appears to have now been deleted or deactivated. Link I saved yesterday no longer working and I can’t find it in the search anymore. #whereswilson pic.twitter.com/5WMaRgwMdn
— Edward Lawrence (@EP_Lawrence) 2021年8月11日
Small number of followers including a couple of what appear to be state media journalists. As I type this, tweets are becoming unavailable. pic.twitter.com/RRfm7kpuMI
— Edward Lawrence (@EP_Lawrence) 2021年8月11日
ところで、Wilson Edwardsって英語圏の人名だ。しかし、瑞西は仏蘭西語か独逸語で、Wilson Edwardsが生まれ、現在住んでいるというベルンは独逸語圏だ。英語的な名前を見た瞬間に怪しいと思ってしまった。
