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I know some think I’m harsh to the media.
But once again, I’m reminded I’m not harsh enough.
These aren’t journalists, they’re propagandists for the CCP.
https://x.com/i/status/2081761952775438541
“The public saw the articles.It did not see the CCP-linked influence operation behind them.Subscribe for free to help expose what the establishment is counting on you never finding out about. ⬇️”
https://x.com/i/status/2081761909112783269
“I exclusively uncovered the identities of prominent U.S. journalists flown to China by a CCP-linked influence operation seeking “favorable coverage” and “positive messages” about Beijing. 🧵”
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“The names include:
– Ezra Klein, New York Times columnist
– Matthew Yglesias, Vox co-founder
– Ronald Brownstein, CNN senior political analyst
– Bradford Plumer, New York Times reporter
– Marjorie Miller, former Associated Press vice president
https://x.com/i/status/2081761911037935828
https://x.com/i/status/2081761912854073775
“Also identified:
– Steve Clemons, former The Hill editor-at-large- David Rohde, MS NOW senior national security reporter
– Jonathan Alter, NBC News and MSNBC political analyst
– David Sweeney, former NPR managing editor
– Daniel Gross, former Yahoo Finance columnist”
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“Also on the roster:
– Marilyn Geewax, former NPR senior editor
– Kathleen Deveny, former Newsweek editor
– Tom Omestad, former U.S. News & World Report correspondent
– Steve Chapman, former Chicago Tribune columnist
– Bruce Stokes, former National Journal correspondent”
https://x.com/i/status/2081761914926027112
https://x.com/i/status/2081761916759031960
“The list continues:
– Craig Gilbert, former Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Washington bureau chief
– Tony Semerad, Salt Lake Tribune reporter
– Shikha Dalmia, former The Week columnist
– Jonathan Broder, former Newsweek senior writer”
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“Also identified:
– Cristi Kempf, former Chicago Tribune associate managing editor
– Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times deputy editorial page editor
– Julian Pecquet, former Foreign Affairs reporter”
https://x.com/i/status/2081761918705193277
https://x.com/i/status/2081761921133654274
“Trip organizer CUSEF was founded by Tung Chee-hwa, a former senior official in the CCP’s United Front system, the influence apparatus Beijing uses to cultivate foreign elites and shape institutions outside China.”
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“A bipartisan congressional report says the United Front works to “co-opt and neutralize sources of potential opposition” to the CCP.
American media was not incidental to the strategy. It was a target.”
https://x.com/i/status/2081761922958172663
https://x.com/i/status/2081761933536149929
“The access went far beyond conference rooms.
American journalists were taken on curated tours through China, including visits to Chinese military bases, by the same network seeking favorable coverage.”
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“Then came the coverage.
Shikha Dalmia published “China Bashing is for Losers.”
Bradford Plumer praised Beijing’s climate agenda.
Bruce Stokes warned that economic “decoupling” from China would “backfire.””
https://x.com/i/status/2081761936023396456
https://x.com/i/status/2081761937843716204
“Catherine Rampell repeatedly attacked Trump’s China policies.
One dispatch from her CUSEF-funded trip amplified Chinese officials portraying America as the aggressor and urged Washington to abandon its “zero-sum-game attitude” toward Beijing.”
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“David Rohde produced one of the clearest examples after a CUSEF-organized trip:
“The Chinese state has played a central role in creating, supporting and expanding businesses here.”
Rohde continued:
“Those successes show that, for all the attacks from American politicians on Chinese currency manipulation, American companies can find profits in China.”
Then came the verdict on American industry:
“Americans, meanwhile, should accept that large-scale manufacturing will never return to the United States.”
Rohde urged American companies to profit from China’s rise and dismissed political objections in Washington as “ideological babble.””
https://x.com/i/status/2081761940079263768
https://x.com/i/status/2081761943409635804
“Matthew Yglesias joked about wanting to “give Party flunkies notes” on improving their “propaganda.”
Ezra Klein later credited China with buying America time during COVID.”
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“Steve Chapman attacked Trump’s trade policies and published a now-deleted column making “the case for buying U.S. Olympic outfits from China.”
Ronald Brownstein opposed Trump’s confrontation with Beijing.”
https://x.com/i/status/2081761945523523624
https://x.com/i/status/2081761948539191654
“Former NPR editor Marilyn Geewax later became a visiting professor at Tsinghua University, Xi Jinping’s alma mater and one of China’s most politically connected institutions.”
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“The network also reached Joe Biden’s orbit.
Bruce Stokes is married to Wendy Sherman, who became Biden’s deputy secretary of state and one of the administration’s most powerful foreign-policy officials.”
https://x.com/i/status/2081761950590284246
All those and more at the link below.
Real journalism still exists, just not from mainstream trash like those above.
Read even more here.
https://nataliegwinters.substack.com/
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It’s the Somali way.
https://x.com/i/status/2081534714272501920
“All 7 defendants in the Feeding Our Future fraud trial just got arrested after a juror was bribed with $120,000 in cash.
A woman showed up at a juror’s house Sunday night with a white gift bag stuffed with rolls of $100s, $50s, and $20s. She told the juror’s relative: tell Juror #52 to say “not guilty” tomorrow and there will be more money.
The juror called 911. The FBI has the cash.
U.S. District Judge Nancy Brasel ordered every single defendant taken into custody Monday night. They wept as U.S. Marshals cuffed them.
Their phones were seized. The remaining jurors are now sequestered.
Prosecutors say the seven defendants on trial are East African. The woman who delivered the bribe was described as Somali. The judge noted only seven people besides the lawyers had access to the juror’s identity.
This is part of the massive $250 million theft from a federal program meant to feed kids. These seven alone are charged with stealing $41 million.
Defense attorneys called the bribe “un-American.” The prosecutor’s reply was blunt: “Let’s be honest, it wasn’t someone outside of this room.”
Jury tampering with $120k in cash. In Minnesota. In 2024.
This is what happens when you look the other way on industrial-scale fraud.”
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