Posted on 06/09/2020 1:40:08 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
A Chinese propaganda outlet paid millions of dollars to The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal to run advertisements that look to some like news reports.
New documents filed with the U.S. Department of Justice show China Daily paid over $4.6 million to the Post and nearly $6 million to the Journal since November 2016.
China Daily, an English-language newspaper, is overseen by the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Publicity Department, the governmental agency in charge of disseminating propaganda.
Over the past few years, it has spent millions running supplements—called “China Watch”—containing propaganda disguised as news, in major U.S. newspapers including the Journal, The New York Times, and the Post.
Scholars researching Chinese influence activities in the United States said in a 2018 report (pdf) that “it’s hard to tell that China Watch’s material is an ad.”
China Daily has in the past submitted financial information under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) but the new filing (pdf) is the first to include a breakdown of how much the propaganda outlet is paying American media outlets.
In a statement to The Epoch Times, Washington Post Vice President of Communications Kristine Coratti Kelly said that China Watch “was clearly labeled advertising.”
“It is no longer running in The Post—the last advertising insert ran last year,” she added.
The Journal didn’t respond to a request for comment.
According to the FARA filing, China Daily paid to insert propaganda into The New York Times, Foreign Policy, The Des Moines Register, and CQ Roll Call.
China Daily spent just over $11 million in total on advertising in newspapers in the United States.
The newspaper registered as a foreign agent under FARA in 1983. That law requires registered foreign agents to provide the DOJ with copies of all propaganda “circulated among two or more persons.”
(Excerpt) Read more at theepochtimes.com ...
China prefers Biden.
You mean the objective media?
The top of the CHINA Watch includes the disclaimer that it’s an advertising supplement.
And I’ve got a feeling that the Wall Street Journal at least will not accept bold propaganda like that for print at least till the election. We’ll see.
Gee. An entire section. But the WashPo claims it was an advertisement, so ... It must not be an advertisement!
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