CBS, NBC Tout End of Wuhan Lockdown, Downplay China ‘Fudging' the Data

Nicholas Fondacaro | April 7, 2020
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Despite China being responsible for mass death around the globe because of their Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News spent part of their Tuesday airtime cheering for the end of the Wuhan, China lockdown. NBC News chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel went so far as to protect the communist regime and suggest there were mere “accusations” they were “fudging” numbers.

“Where it all began in Wuhan, China. Today, the government lifted its quarantines after more than 10 weeks of complete lockdown,” Engel praised, as he translated for a woman who was excited to eat noodles again. He didn’t seem too bothered when he reported how “…authorities closely track residents using an app.”

Engel then celebrated China’s dubious claims of no new deaths from the virus, before downplaying the facts against them. “Although, there are accusations China has been fudging the numbers, it reported for the first time no new virus deaths,” he touted.

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