REVEALED: Here Are the Mainstream Journalists on China’s Payrollhttps://x.com/nataliegwinters/status/2081761909112783269I 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:
- 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
I'm not going to bomb-toss the "T-Word", but minimally:
1. These "reporters" should be investigated and possibly prosecuted for being unregistered agents of a foreign country;
2. Professionally sanctioned for not giving the context of their bias whenever they "reported" about China, if not banished from anything/everything journalism. The NYT still holds onto its
Walter Duranty Pullet Surprise, so I doubt this will happen.
