CNN ends White House interview because it doesn’t want people to know COVID-19 came from China

By Eddie Scarry

Published July 29, 2020 6:06pm ET

CNN ends White House interview because it doesn’t want people to know COVID-19 came from China — Peter Navarro, director of the National Trade Council, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview outside the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, March 28, 2018. Navarro said the Trump administration's tariffs on China will focus on high-tech industries where Beijing wants to lead. | (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

There are some things you can and cannot say on CNN. For example, you can’t say “China virus,” but you can say “bullshit.”

Prime-time host Chris Cuomo literally said the word “bullshit” in one of his lengthy monologues just two weeks ago, and it seemed to bother no one. But White House trade adviser Peter Navarro nearly had his mic cut after he dared point out accurately that COVID-19 originated in China.