Sky News host SharriMarkson says the “bullying from the public broadcaster” trying to shame her out of pursuing her line uncovering a potential Chinese cover up of COVID-19 is “quite extraordinary”.
Sky News host Sharri Markson says the “bullying from the public broadcaster” trying to shame her out of pursuing her line uncovering a potential Chinese cover up of COVID-19 is “quite extraordinary”. An exclusive by Ms Markson, which was published in the Daily Telegraph, concerned an alleged cover-up by Chinese authorities regarding the coronavirus outbreak.
“It’s quite extraordinary that you have the public broadcaster trying to bully journalists out of pursuing a legitimate line of inquiry that western governments all around the world know is a possibility if not a strong possibility”. Ms Markson told Sky News host Chris Kenny, Media Watch host Paul Barry “first attacked me for even mentioning” intelligence agencies were looking at the Wuhan laboratories to see what role they played.
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