As Hell Freezes Over, CNN Actually Does Some Journalism On The Horrors Going On In Shanghai, Reporter Gets Locked Into His Room

A CNN reporter stationed in Shanghai described being locked down by government authorities on Monday as China deals with its latest wave of the coronavirus.

“If you think Wuhan 2020 was bad, welcome to Shanghai 2022,” reporter David Culver said during an appearance on the network’s morning program, “New Day.” “This has been like no other lockdown. And it’s in the country’s cosmopolitan and most affluent financial hub, of all places.”

Culver said he on Sunday evening heard government health officials taping the door shut at the residence he is staying in, along with the doors of others in his neighborhood.

“They’re placing a paper seal, so as it keep it closed,” he said. “Some buildings with positive cases inside, they’re locked shut from the outside.”

Chinese health officials are using pad and bicycle locks in some cases to keep doors locked and people separated, Culver said, leading to shortages in food and other supplies.

“I can’t go outside that door,” he said. “There’s a seal, and if I break that, there are repercussions for that.”