NAMED & SHAMED: The “Journalists” Who Went On Chinese Communist Party Junkets, Then Delivered “Favorable Coverage.”

Unearthed documents from one of the leading Chinese Communist Party propaganda groups reveal the names of “mainstream” U.S. journalists taking junkets from the group in exchange for favorable coverage, The National Pulse can exclusively reveal.

The trips often came just before opinion editorials and news reports excusing Chinese Communist Party crimes, or opposing trade showdowns with the nation.

The China-United States Exchange Foundation (CUSEF) was founded by the Vice-Chairman of the “highest-ranking entity overseeing” Chinese Communist Party’s United Front Department, an effort which aims to “co-opt and neutralize sources of potential opposition to the policies and authority” of the Chinese government. “The United Front strategy uses a range of methods to influence overseas Chinese communities, foreign governments, and other actors to take actions or adopt positions supportive of Beijing’s preferred policies,” the U.S. government report continues.

CUSEF uses United Front Department tactics of influence on Western journalists from virtually every Western media outlet: CNN, New York Times, MSNBC, The Washington Post, and many more. According to Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA) filings with the Department of Justice, CUSEF retained Western lobbyists to aid in their quest to “effectively disseminate positive messages to the media, key influencers and opinion leaders, and the general public” regarding China.

The National Pulse can now exclusively reveal Western journalists – including those praised by President Biden and married to potential members of his White House – who are listed as having accepted trips from the Chinese Communist Party influence group.
Red Handed.

CUSEF newsletter from 2009 and 2010 reveal the following journalists:

• Vox Co-founder and New York Times columnist Ezra Klein;
• Vox Co-founder Matthew Yglesias;
• CNN Senior Political Analyst and The Atlantic Senior Editor Ronald Brownstein;
• New York Times Reporter Bradford Plumer;
• Associated Press Vice President and Editor Marjorie Miller;
• The Hill Editor-at-Large Steve Clemons;
• Former NPR Senior Editor Marilyn Geewax;
• Former Newsweek and Wall Street Journal Marketplace Editor Kathleen Deveny;
• Former U.S. News and World Report Correspondent Tom Omestad;
• Chicago Tribune Columnist and Editorial Writer Steve Chapman;
• Former National Journal Correspondent Bruce Stokes (And the husband of President Biden’s Deputy Secretary of State nominee who has also taken CUSEF trips);
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Washington Bureau Chief Craig Gilbert;
• The Week columnist Shikha Dalmia.

Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell also identified herself as accepting CUSEF trips, burying a disclaimer on the bottom of two articles “The U.S. and China fight for second place” and “The Olympics gives China a second chance at...

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