Incredible. Would they ever run a White House press release as news? CNN – Chinese News Network.

CNN Basically Published A Press Release From The Chinese Military

CNN published a report Monday from the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) about how the country’s Navy is reportedly doing a much better job containing the novel coronavirus than its American counterparts.

By Daily Caller, April 14, 2020:

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The report came from China’s English PLA website, CNN noted. The network wrote that their Navy “has done a much better job controlling coronavirus than the US Navy,” according to the PLA.

Portions of CNN’s write-up are extremely similar to the PLA’s military press release.

CNN’s article closely mimicked PLA’s report.

CNN’s article is almost the same as PLA’s report, which is cited by the network. (Screenshot China Mil, PLA, http://english.chinamil.com.cn/view/2020-04/12/content_9789946.htm)

“The report said that the Chinese carrier was carrying out this operation while four US Navy aircraft carriers — the USS Theodore Roosevelt, the USS Ronald Reagan, the USS Carl Vinson and the USS Nimitz — have reported cases of coronavirus, crimping their operations,” CNN wrote.

This was also noted in PLA’s write-up, as CNN noted in their blurb.

Many parts of CNN’s article were similar to PLA’s release.

PLA’s notice for comparison to CNN’s, shown above. (Screenshot China Mil, PLA, http://english.chinamil.com.cn/view/2020-04/12/content_9789946.htm)

The CNN article even quoted part of PLA’s notice touting their job in preventing the virus.

“‘Through the voyage, the Liaoning showed that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has done a great job in the epidemic prevention and control work and COVID-19 epidemic has not had an impact on its deployment and operations,’” the story says, citing Xu Guangyu, a senior adviser to the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association,” CNN wrote.

“‘It showed that the PLA can dispatch troops stationed anywhere at any time, with the troops always maintaining vigorous combat capabilities. The Chinese people can always count on them,’ Xu is quoted as saying.”

A CNN spokesperson dismissed concern the outlet was simply repeating propaganda from China’s PLA, calling the post on the site a “single update from our international site’s 24-7 Live Story.”

“[The story] explicitly states the sourcing as a PLA story and identifies the Global Times as ‘a state-run tabloid.’ That transparency is key as a global news source serving a global audience,” CNN’s Vice President of Communications Matt Dornic told the Daily Caller.

CNN’s write-up comes at a time of mounting distrust in China regarding the novel coronavirus. Legacy media has also come under scrutiny for repeating Chinese propaganda amid the pandemic.

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felix1999

4 years ago

Pure CCP! They are trying belittle the U.S. mlitary and Trump at the same time. This is way over the top!

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felix1999

4 years ago

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felix1999

4 years ago

This needs to be CNN’s new logo!

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DemocracyRules

4 years ago

Reply to  felix1999

CNN has been known for years to work for payola. They took money from Saddam, in Iraq, to publish favorable stuff about him, and anyone can place any story on CNN if they pay for it.

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MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet

4 years ago

CNN, your trusted source for islamic and communist propaganda.

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Worsethanitlooks

4 years ago

There’s only one way to stop CNN’s daily propaganda.

STOP WATCHING CNN.
STOP VISITING CNN WEB SITE.
IF YOU USE AT&T MOBILE, SWITCH CARRIERS*

*AT&T owns CNN

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tedlv

4 years ago

What is with the random strange fluctuating fonts? You make it very difficult to read.

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