NBC News, NY Times ‘running Chinese propaganda’ criticizing US, Erick Erickson points out

Conservative commentator Erick Erickson ripped NBC News and the New York Times for their reporting on Chinese accusations about the coronavirus outbreak, suggesting that they corroborate the belief that the media is “the enemy of the people.”

In a tweet posted on Saturday, Erickson accused the two media outlets of “running Chinese propaganda.”

“Both NBC news and the New York Times are running Chinese propaganda criticizing the United States,” Erickson tweeted. “It is going to be real hard to tell people that our American media is not the enemy of the people when they are so willing to side with an enemy of every people.”

Erick Erickson

✔@EWErickson

Both NBC news and the New York Times are running Chinese propaganda criticizing the United States. It is going to be real hard to tell people that our American media is not the enemy of the people when they are so willing to side with an enemy of every people.

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The remark from Erickson comes after Chinese diplomat Lijian Zhao tweeted that the U.S. military may be responsible for the coronavirus outbreak.

The coronavirus originated in Wuhan, China, and the communist country has been under fire for its early handling of the outbreak, which appears to have contributed to how wide it has now spread.

2/2 CDC was caught on the spot. When did patient zero begin in US? How many people are infected? What are the names of the hospitals? It might be US army who brought the epidemic to Wuhan. Be transparent! Make public your data! US owe us an explanation! pic.twitter.com/vYNZRFPWo3

— Lijian Zhao 赵立坚 (@zlj517) March 12, 2020

NBC News and the Times were among those who covered the story and Erickson took exception to how their reporting was angled.

The NBC headline stated: “Coronavirus: Chinese official suggests U.S. Army to blame for outbreak.”

Erickson’s tweet rebuking NBC News and the Times calls to mind an unlikely tweet from Times reporter Elaina Plott about how millions of Americans see the media — not that this view alters coverage or the perception on the left that these supporters are “ten-tooth rubes.”

“Have been talking to lots of Trump supporters across the country these last couple of days, and the disdain for and distrust of the media right now is worse than I’ve seen at any point throughout this presidency,” Plott tweeted on Thursday.

Elaina Plott

✔@elainaplott

Have been talking to lots of Trump supporters across the country these last couple of days, and the disdain for and distrust of the media right now is worse than I've seen at any point throughout this presidency.

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While Erickson’s Twitter feed long ago became a toxic wasteland over any number of controversial incidents he has been involved in, there were plenty of responses from social media users who do indeed see the media as the...

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