Here Are the Mainstream Journalists on China’s Payroll – Natalie Winters
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.
The names include:
Also identified:
Also on the roster:
The list continues:
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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
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
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
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
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
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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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
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.
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
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EXCELLENT FIND K2
AND EXCELLENT WORK BY NATALIE
I SUSPECT THIS GROUP WILL NOW HAVE MANY SLEEPLESS NIGHTS …THERE MUST BE A CHARGE FOR SUCH ACTIVITY ( TREASON ? )