CNN Staff Ordered to Ignore Lab Leak Because It Sounded Like a ‘Trump Talking Point’

In what might be the least surprising development to come from the mainstream media’s grappling with the U.S. Department of Energy’s conclusion that a lab leak is the most likely origin of COVID-19, it turns out CNN’s staff and reporters were told to ignore the possibility in its coverage of the pandemic.

The order to not run down leads related to a lab leak in China came, according to fresh reporting from Fox News Digital, from the “FactsFirst™” network’s then-President Jeff Zucker. His reasoning? It was a “Trump talking point.” Of course.

Trump Derangement Syndrome was so prevalent at CNN that it apparently literally made them ignore news to avoid lending any credibility to the 45th president — even when he was on the right track and has since been vindicated for pointing to China and a lab leak as the point of origin for the pandemic.

The revelations came from “a well-placed CNN insider,” according to Fox News Digital:

In the early months of the pandemic, then-CNN president Jeff Zucker would not allow his network to chase down the lab-leak story because he believed it was a “Trump talking point,” according to a well-placed CNN insider.

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