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REVEALED: Here Are the Mainstream Journalists on China’s Payroll
Natalie Winters Substack ^
Posted on 07/27/2026 2:32:01 PM PDT by Tench_Coxe
The identities were buried.
Foreign-agent filings reveal that operatives working for a Chinese Communist Party-linked influence organization planned free trips for American journalists based on the potential for “favorable coverage” and sought to “effectively disseminate positive messages” about Beijing.
But the filings did not plainly identify the reporters who received the access.
By cross-referencing the filings with archived newsletters, annual reports and contemporaneous accounts, this investigation has uncovered the names of prominent American journalists who participated in China trips organized or funded by the China-United States Exchange Foundation, or CUSEF.
(Excerpt) Read more at nataliegwinters.substack.com ...
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Ezra Klein, Vox co-founder and New York Times columnist;
Matthew Yglesias, Vox co-founder;
Ronald Brownstein, CNN senior political analyst and Atlantic senior editor;
Bradford Plumer, New York Times reporter;
Marjorie Miller, former Associated Press vice president and editor;
Steve Clemons, former editor-at-large of The Hill;
David Rohde, former New Yorker editor and current MS NOW national security reporter;
Jonathan Alter, MSNBC commentator;
David Sweeney, former NPR managing editor;
Daniel Gross, former Yahoo Finance columnist;
Marilyn Geewax, former NPR senior editor;
Kathleen Deveny, former Newsweek and Wall Street Journal Marketplace editor;
Tom Omestad, former U.S. News & World Report correspondent;
Steve Chapman, former Chicago Tribune columnist and editorial writer;
Bruce Stokes, former National Journal correspondent;
Craig Gilbert, former Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Washington bureau chief;
Tony Semerad, Salt Lake Tribune reporter;
Shikha Dalmia, former columnist for The Week;
Jonathan Broder, former Newsweek senior writer;
Cristi Kempf, former Chicago Tribune associate managing editor;
Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times deputy editorial page editor;
Julian Pecquet, former Foreign Affairs reporter.
To: Tench_Coxe
Traitors. Every single g-d one of them.
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posted on
07/27/2026 2:32:40 PM PDT
by
Tench_Coxe
(The woke were surprised by the reaction to the Bud Light fiasco. May there be many more surprises)
To: Tench_Coxe
Lots of editors in that Rogues Gallery. The ChiComs aren’t stupid. Evil, but not stupid.
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posted on
07/27/2026 2:34:43 PM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: Tench_Coxe
So any news story or opinion piece that these people are involved in going forward can be dismissed as biased.
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posted on
07/27/2026 2:37:16 PM PDT
by
Kudsman
(4728)
To: Tench_Coxe
All Communism all the time.
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posted on
07/27/2026 2:37:21 PM PDT
by
bray
(Thank God for Israel)
To: Tench_Coxe
Waiting for the denials……..
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posted on
07/27/2026 2:37:29 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
To: Tench_Coxe
I remember that Brownstain bastard from when he was writing for the LA Slimes.
Total subversive creep.
To: Tench_Coxe
Sun Tzu - “Compromise enemy newsmaker with hot Chinese babe or she-male, depending on preference. Win war.”
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posted on
07/27/2026 2:38:06 PM PDT
by
MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
(Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
To: Tench_Coxe
"Here Are the Mainstream Journalists on China’s Payroll"
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posted on
07/27/2026 2:38:46 PM PDT
by
clearcarbon
(Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
To: Tench_Coxe
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posted on
07/27/2026 2:39:26 PM PDT
by
OrangeHoof
(Talarico is Italian for "heretic".)
To: Tench_Coxe
Aren’t there plenty of vacancies at the Gitmo’ Resort?
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posted on
07/27/2026 2:40:25 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(YMMV)
To: Tench_Coxe
Just the usual traitorous suspects...
Lists like this existed in the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, etc... etc... etc...
The only thing that changes is which current Marxist hegemony is laying out the money...
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posted on
07/27/2026 2:40:48 PM PDT
by
SuperLuminal
(Where is rabble-rising Sam Adams now that we need him? Is his name Trump, now?)
To: Kudsman
TBH, I ignore the listed outlets already, as most FReepers do.
To: GOPJ; poconopundit; Jane Long; Diana in Wisconsin; Grampa Dave; Godzilla; Vaduz; null and void; ...
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posted on
07/27/2026 2:45:09 PM PDT
by
Liz
(“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies the work of His hands." (Psalm 19:1))
To: Tench_Coxe
Thanks for the list. I don’t know the individuals, but I do know most of the organizations listed. The usual suspects.
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posted on
07/27/2026 2:45:53 PM PDT
by
ChessExpert
(Infidels of the world unite against the evil that is Islam.)
To: Tench_Coxe
Probably just the tip of the iceberg.
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posted on
07/27/2026 2:46:14 PM PDT
by
ealgeone
To: Tench_Coxe
They deserve the punishment for treason.
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posted on
07/27/2026 2:49:07 PM PDT
by
No name given
( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
To: Tench_Coxe
I’d guess this is a very partial list.
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posted on
07/27/2026 2:51:15 PM PDT
by
bigbob
(We are all Charlie Kirk now)
To: Tench_Coxe
To: Tench_Coxe
But did they register under FARA?
FARA is an acronym for the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, 22 U.S.C. § 611 et seq. (“FARA” or “the Act”). FARA requires the registration of, and disclosures by, an “agent of a foreign principal” who, either directly or through another person, within the United States (1) engages in “political activities” on behalf of a foreign principal; (2) acts as a foreign principal’s public relations counsel, publicity agent, information-service employee, or political consultant; (3) solicits, collects, disburses, or dispenses contributions, loans, money, or other things of value for or in the interest of a foreign principal; or (4) represents the interests of the foreign principal before any agency or official of the U.S. government. In addition, FARA requires agents to conspicuously label “informational materials” transmitted in the United States for or in the interest of a foreign principal. There are some exemptions to FARA’s registration and labeling requirements for specified categories of agents and activities.
If you believe an individual or entity may have an obligation to register, please contact the FARA Unit:
By E-mail: fara.public@usdoj.gov
By Phone: (202) 233-0776/0777
By Correspondence:
FARA Unit, National Security Division
U.S. Department of Justice
175 N Street, NE
Constitution Square, Building 3 - Room 1.300
Washington, DC 20002
WWALD???? What Would A Lib Do??????
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posted on
07/27/2026 2:59:43 PM PDT
by
Lockbox
(politicians, they all seemed like game show host to me.... Sting)
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