Reporters who dismissed Trump’s lab leak theory have ‘egg on their face’

ABC’s Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl says reporters who dismissed the theory coronavirus originated from a Chinese lab - because Donald Trump said it - have “egg on their face”.

“Yes I think a lot of people have egg on their face,” he said.

“This was an idea that was first put forward by Mike Pompeo – secretary of state, Donald Trump.

“Some things may be true, even if Donald Trump said them.”

Many mainstream outlets dismissed reporting the theory coronavirus originated from a Chinese lab because it was deemed “racist” or a “conspiracy” theory.

The theory has now been given new attention after David Asher – a former lead investigator - told Sky News host Sharri Markson three scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology were hospitalised in November 2019 with symptoms similar with coronavirus.

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