U.S newspapers got paid millions to publish Chinese propaganda; Wall St. Journal, L.A. Times received hundreds of thousands for 'advertising campaigns'

WND News Service ^ | 11/23/2020 | Chuck Ross

[SeekAndFind]

An English-language newspaper controlled by the Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda department paid U.S. media companies nearly $2 million for printing and advertising expenses over the past six months, even amid heightened scrutiny over Beijing’s disinformation efforts in the West.

China Daily paid The Wall Street Journal more than $85,000 and the Los Angeles Times $340,000 for advertising campaigns between May and October 2020, according to a disclosure that the propaganda mill filed this week with the Justice Department under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).

China Daily also paid Foreign Policy magazine $100,000, The Financial Times, a U.K.-based newspaper, $223,710, and $132,046 to the Canadian outlet Globe & Mail for advertising campaigns, according to the filing.

The Beijing-based outlet paid several newspaper companies a total of $1,154,666 for printing costs, including $110,000 to the Los Angeles Times, $92,000 to The Houston Chronicle and $76,000 to The Boston Globe.

Overall, China Daily spent more than $4.4 million on printing, distribution, advertising and administration expenses over the past six months, according to the FARA filing.

China Daily, which is controlled by the Chinese Communist Party’s State Council Information Office, its propaganda agency, has for years paid newspapers and magazines in the U.S. and other Western countries to publish advertorials designed to look like legitimate news articles.

China Daily paid The Washington Post more than $4.6 million from late 2016 through October 2019, according to a FARA disclosure China Daily filed in June.

The Journal received $6 million for advertorials from 2016 through April 2020, according to the disclosure.

So far in 2020, The Journal has received $461,489 in advertising revenue from China Daily.

China Daily’s inserts, which are entitled “China Watch,” have typically offered a pro-Beijing spin regarding the Chinese economy, Chinese culture or China’s geopolitical views.

[Bayard]

They wont go away regardless of the number of subscribers, its all paid for.

[ealgeone]

With money made off Americans who buy cheaply made Chinese crap.

[volunbeer]

Foreign election interference only applies to Russian troll farms.

/s

[blueunicorn6]

All those newspaper people sitting around eating General Tso’s Chicken.

[LastDayz]

Past time to shut them down due to election interference.

[Salman]

There will need to be war crimes trials.

[silverleaf]

Now we know why they don’t need public opinion, subscribers and advertisers

[The_Media_never_lie]

Who would ever have thought this might happen? /s

[EinNYC]

With money made off Americans who buy cheaply made Chinese crap.

I always try to buy U.S. made goods and avoid Chinese goods. But even if you try to avoid buying Chinese-made goods, our merchants here make that darn near impossible. Blister card after blister card, stack after stack, row after row of goods all display the dreaded "Made in China" label. They don't even offer merchandise made in the U.S. So they force us all to be complicit in enriching the filthy amoral Chinese.

[eeriegeno]

So Mr Barr! Investigate the Biden campaign for buying Chinese influence in our election! Go to FISA to spy on them! Damn hypocrite!