Michael Lindell, with My Pillow, laughs with President Donald Trump during a “Made in America,” roundtable event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

There are times when very few words are needed to describe an event that has taken place. Especially when photos and/or videos are available to show viewers/readers what’s happened.

This afternoon was one of those times.

During the White House Coronavirus Task Force’s daily press briefing this afternoon, President Trump invited Mike Lindell, the president and CEO of “My Pillow”, up to say a few words about the work his company was doing to help out with supplies doctors’ offices and hospitals need for protecting healthcare workers as they treat patients for the Wuhan coronavirus.

But watch what CNN did below. As Lindell made it to the podium to speak, the network barely gave him 10 seconds to start talking before they cut away. The video after that shows what CNN actually cut off, which was Lindell talking about his company’s production of masks (between 10,000 and 50,000 a day will be produced).

While watching these clips, keep in mind that CNN has spent the last two weeks reporting on supply shortages of masks and ventilators in certain parts of the country, and blaming those shortages on Trump:

CNN cuts away from the coronavirus task force press conference when My Pillow's Mike Lindell gets up to speak about how his company repurposed its factories to produce N95 masks pic.twitter.com/atpVElzfYH

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) March 30, 2020

After saying that My Pillow's factories will be producing 50,000 N95 masks by Friday, Mike Lindell encourages us to read our bibles and spend time with our families.

"With this administration and all the great people in this country praying daily, we will get through this" pic.twitter.com/f1mdtqLYzE

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) March 30, 2020

The Federalist’s Sean Davis summed things up perfectly:

Media: WHY WON'T TRUMP GIVE MASKS AND VENTILATORS TO DOCTORS AND NURSES!?
Trump: This company is now making masks and ventilators.
CEO: Here's what we're doing to make more masks and ventilators.
MEDIA: OMG WHY ARE TRUMP AND THESE EVIL CEOS TALKING ABOUT MASKS AND VENTILATORS!?

— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) March 30, 2020

On the other hand, assorted “journalists”, liberals, and Never Trumpers (but I repeat myself) commenced in the Great Freakout as Lindell began to speak:

My Pillow guy now switching to God and reading bibles. Yikes!

— Stuart Rothenberg (@StuPolitics) March 30, 2020

Trump just called the “My Pillow” guy up to the podium in the Rose Garden. You cannot make this stuff up.

— Ali Velshi (@AliVelshi) March 30, 2020

My Pillow is now making highly absorbent pillows so you can cry yourself to sleep after watching this press conference.

— Full Frontal (@FullFrontalSamB) March 30, 2020

Well, imagine my relief that the My Pillow guy is on the job

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) March 30, 2020

Unbelievable.

There would have been absolutely nothing wrong with CNN airing Lindell’s remarks in their entirety, especially at a time when people across America are concerned healthcare workers aren’t going to have what they need to treat the sick – thanks in large part to non-stop “PANIC!!!” reports about it from news outlets like CNN. There also would have been nothing wrong with CNN including what he said about how Americans should spend more time with their families and reading their Bibles.

But they didn’t do either. Which makes you wonder what CNN’s motivations have been in their endless coverage about supply shortages: Is it about a genuine concern or more about dunking on Trump because Orange Man Bad? Hmm.