CNN is far from alone when it comes to boosting Chinese propaganda, but it’s home to the most recent example of American media pulling for China in the past few months.
The network experienced almost immediate backlash April 13 when it published a story in which the main source was a press release from the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA).
Stated clearly: CNN’s article reporting the Chinese Navy “has done a much better job controlling coronavirus than the US Navy” could hardly be told apart from the PLA press release it cited. It was an almost exact replica.
“There is a word for anyone who takes the word of an authoritarian regime, with a long record of lying, whether it was President Trump praising China’s clearly flawed response to Coronavirus or U.S. media repeating clearly bogus PLA talking points: Fool,” Peter Singer, a strategist and senior fellow at New America told the Daily Caller.
Cadets from China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy march in formation before a ceremony to mark Martyr’s Day at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Monday, Sept. 30, 2019. (Mark Schiefelbein – Pool/Getty Images)
CNN’s propaganda push was “incredibly irresponsible” and “audacious,” Rebeccah Heinrichs at the Hudson Institute, added.
“It is not an exaggeration to say that it is Chinese communist party propaganda,” Heinrichs said of the article. “While we’re in the middle of this pandemic, there’s multiple things going on at the same time. One of them is a fight for clarity and accurate information. And we know that the Chinese government is still propagating false information and so for American media to not look at anything that comes out of China very skeptically … is so irresponsible.”
“I mean the job of the media is to expose what is true and they are very hyperactive on making sure they do that. You can be hypercritical of the U.S. government, but then to turn around and to copy and paste Chinese communist party propaganda when the stakes are so high is just incredibly audacious and...
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As for Trump 'praising' China during the Pandemic?
'Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.'
Will Rogers
That's exactly what he was doing Cato. I was watching him on TV and I remember saying "Bull shit but be nice" he had a lot more on his plate than picking a war of words with the Chicoms. Sadly, through this entire media/Democrat induced panic (where my wife's business has been forced to close) I have seen hundreds of pro-Red Chinese comments on dozens of blogs. Now I'm not sure if there really are that many traitors and commie sympathizers (tho I wouldn't be surprised) or if the Reds are paying people or they are using bots. I have no way of knowing because even though they all use the same lines, same terms and same talking points so do the leftist Democoms and they're on our side, right? Right?
"Cadets from China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy march in formation before a ceremony to mark Martyr’s Day at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Monday, Sept. 30, 2019. (Mark Schiefelbein – Pool/Getty Images)"
I misread that paragraph. I thought it said "...Navy march in formation before a crematory...."
I have to be more careful how fast I read things.
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