America is in a state of lockdown, the stock market is plummeting, and countless people around the world could get sick and die as the result of a deadly pandemic, but still many in the American press will use their time to give cover to the People’s Republic of China.
At a press conference Wednesday, President Donald Trump was asked why he used the phrase “Chinese virus” to describe the new coronavirus disease, known as COVID-19.
Cecilia Vega of ABC News asked: “Why do you keep calling this the Chinese virus, there are reports of dozens of incidents of bias against Chinese Americans in this country. Your own aide, [HHS] Secretary [Alex] Azar, says he does not use this term. He says ethnicity does not cause the virus. Why do you keep using this? A lot of people think it’s racist.”
Other reporters asked essentially the same question.
.@Yamiche asks Trump about a WH official using the term ‘kung flu’ to describe the virusHe asks her say it again. Never addresses the term. She than asks,do you think using the term 'Chinese virus' puts Asian-Americans at risk?"
Trump: "No, not at all..”
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Trump doubled down, explaining that he chose to use the “Chinese virus” phrase to push back on the idea, spread by Chinese officials, that the virus was started by the U.S. military.
Again, in this time of crisis, our esteemed press is asking the questions most on the minds of the American people, right?
Just unbelievable. What’s worse than the knee-jerk speech-policing in such a serious time is how it’s clearly being used for the purposes of China’s propaganda.
Trump is right about his rhetoric. The virus originated in Wuhan, China, and it’s appropriate to label it by where it came from, as we do with many other viruses.
Just a few months ago, most American media outlets had no problem identifying COVID-19 with China, unless they think they were peddling racism and xenophobia as many now claim.
As Trump noted, Chinese officials and various state-backed media outlets have stepped up their campaign to lay this disaster at the feet of the United States.
I am not surprised to see the US plays the blame game. Authoritative sources made it clear that the coronavirus is neither originated from China, nor "made in China". The scientists have the final say. twitter.com/XHNews/status/…
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Propaganda check!
Xinhua News Agency is the official state-run press agency of the People's Republic of China.twitter.com/XHNews/status/…
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The Chinese government unleashed the Wuhan virus on the world. Beijing’s negligence has caused an economic and humanitarian catastrophe. The cries of racism are a tactic to redirect the conversation. Don’t let them. twitter.com/xhnews/status/…
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Chinese state media initially called it "Wuhan virus"; now China says that's racist. Meanwhile WHO won't call the coronavirus by its name, SARS-CoV-2, which some Chinese scientists say hurts social stability. On the fraught geopolitics of naming the virus:qz.com/1820422/corona…
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How about the zipperhead influenza then?
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