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Named & Shamed: The ‘Journalists’ Who Went on Chinese Communist Party Junkets, Then Delivered ‘Favorable Coverage.’
2021-04-22
[National Pulse] Unearthed documents from one of the leading Chinese Communist Party propaganda groups reveal the names of "mainstream" U.S. journalists taking junkets from the group in exchange for favorable coverage, The National Pulse can exclusively reveal.

The trips often came just before opinion editorials and news reports excusing Chinese Communist Party crimes, or opposing trade showdowns with the nation.

The China-United States Exchange Foundation (CUSEF) was founded by the Vice-Chairman of the "highest-ranking entity overseeing" Chinese Communist Party’s United Front Department, an effort which aims to "co-opt and neutralize sources of potential opposition to the policies and authority" of the Chinese government. "The United Front strategy uses a range of methods to influence overseas Chinese communities, foreign governments, and other actors to take actions or adopt positions supportive of Beijing’s preferred policies," the U.S. government report continues.

CUSEF uses United Front Department tactics of influence on Western journalists from virtually every Western media outlet: CNN, New York Times, MSNBC, The Washington Post, and many more. According to Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA) filings with the Department of Justice, CUSEF retained Western lobbyists to aid in their quest to "effectively disseminate positive messages to the media, key influencers and opinion leaders, and the general public" regarding China.

The National Pulse can now exclusively reveal Western journalists — including those praised by President Biden and married to potential members of his White House — who are listed as having accepted trips from the Chinese Communist Party influence group.

RED HANDED.
CUSEF newsletter from 2009 and 2010 reveal the following journalists:

  • Vox Co-founder and New York Times columnist Ezra Klein;

  • Vox Co-founder Matthew Yglesias;

  • CNN Senior Political Analyst and The Atlantic Senior Editor Ronald Brownstein;

  • New York Times Reporter Bradford Plumer;

  • Associated Press Vice President and Editor Marjorie Miller;

  • The Hill Editor-at-Large Steve Clemons;

  • Former NPR Senior Editor Marilyn Geewax;

  • Former Newsweek and Wall Street Journal Marketplace Editor Kathleen Deveny;

  • Former U.S. News and World Report Correspondent Tom Omestad;

  • Chicago Tribune Columnist and Editorial Writer Steve Chapman;

  • Former National Journal Correspondent Bruce Stokes (And the husband of President Biden’s Deputy Secretary of State nominee who has also taken CUSEF trips);

  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Washington Bureau Chief Craig Gilbert;

  • The Week columnist Shikha Dalmia.

Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell also identified herself as accepting CUSEF trips, burying a disclaimer on the bottom of two articles "The U.S. and China fight for second place" and "The Olympics gives China a second chance at human rights reforms":

(Disclosure: My trip is being paid for by the China-United States Exchange Foundation, a Hong Kong-based nonprofit that aims to improve Americans’ understanding of China.)

PAY FOR PLAY?
While those named above represent a fraction of the journalists taking CUSEF trips, the influence of the program on participants’ subsequent reporting is easily discerned.

Trip participant Shikha Dalmia penned an op-ed entitled "China Bashing is for Losers" the same year she traveled to China.

Brad Plumer has also lauded the Chinese Communist Party’s climate change efforts, penning pieces entitled "China’s ambitious plan to limit carbon emissions, explained."

Similarly, Bruce Stokes has shared articles warning that "decoupling" from China would "backfire" and Catharine Rampell has authored op-eds such as "Opinion: Team Trump should be careful what it wishes for on China."

Ezra Klein appeared to laud the Chinese Communist Party’s COVID-19 response, tweeting "I keep hearing that China bough us some real time and our government wasted it doing nothing and downplaying the threat." Fellow Vox Co-founder Matthew Yglesias also tweeted about wanting to "give Party flunkies notes" on how to better craft "propaganda" and that "Moody’s, S&P, and the People’s Bank of China should just run the government":
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China-United States Exchange Foundation: 2021-02-22 Joe Biden's NatSec and China Policy Directors Served As Fellows At Chinese Communist Party-Funded Center.
China-United States Exchange Foundation: 2020-12-30 All Major Western Media Outlets Take ‘Private Dinners', ‘Sponsored Trips' from Chinese Communist Propaganda Front
China-United States Exchange Foundation: 2020-12-29 Hillary Clinton - CCP Undercover Intelligence Gathering Ops - Bill Floated Paid Speeches
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#8  FangFang sure gets around
Posted by: Waldemar Henbane9722   2021-04-22 15:26  

#7  When does the CCP release the hotel room footage?
Posted by: Matt   2021-04-22 13:40  

#6  2009-2010? What about the ten years since?
Posted by: Bobby   2021-04-22 11:56  

#5  ^Of course they are - they're ashamed of being white (especially the Jews among them).
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-04-22 07:30  

#4  Shame? The Left has none.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-04-22 07:29  

#3  Tom Friedman is jealous...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-04-22 07:11  

#2  
But the question if its the one being traitorous who will in the big media 5 will report them?
Who in congress will risk outting them to clean up their act and chance a shi_load of revenge media?
Posted by: NN2N1   2021-04-22 04:33  

#1  Whores. State Media employees, alright -- Chinese State Media
Posted by: Herb Snore1602   2021-04-22 04:09  

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