{"id":1177637,"date":"2022-01-01T11:34:30","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T16:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1177637"},"modified":"2022-01-01T11:34:33","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T16:34:33","slug":"graham-amazon-supports-democracy-dying-in-darkness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graham-amazon-supports-democracy-dying-in-darkness\/","title":{"rendered":"GRAHAM: Amazon Supports Democracy Dying In Darkness"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgraham-amazon-supports-democracy-dying-in-darkness%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1177637&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>There\u2019s something remarkably phony on the front page of every Washington Post proclaiming their motto, \u201cDemocracy Dies in Darkness.\u201d A new investigative report from Reuters found that the Post\u2019s owners at Amazon are partners in a propaganda project with Communist China.<\/p>\n<p>Reuters began by revealing that Amazon knuckled under and banned reader reviews on its Chinese website so no one could critique a collection of speeches by Chinese dictator Xi Jinping. This was \u201cpart of a deeper, decade-long effort by the company to win favor in Beijing to protect and grow its business in one of the world\u2019s largest marketplaces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to China, democracy dies in dollar signs?<\/p>\n<p>Amazon partnered with China\u2019s propaganda makers to create a selling portal on the company\u2019s U.S. site, Amazon.com, a project that came to be known as China Books. The key operative on this project is Jay Carney, the former press secretary for Barack Obama and Joe Biden who is now the global head of Amazon\u2019s lobbying and public policy operations. To gain access to the Chinese boodle, they\u2019ll put communist propaganda on global display.<\/p>\n<p>According to Chinese government reports, during a 2018 trip to Beijing, Carney promised an alternate member of the Communist Party central committee that Amazon would make \u201cevery effort\u201d to promote China Books and make it \u201cbigger and stronger.\u201d Naturally, Carney wouldn\u2019t offer any comment to the Reuters expose.<\/p>\n<p>The books in this project sound ridiculous. Take the paperback titled \u201cIncredible Xinjiang: Stories of Passion and Heritage\u201d by the \u201cXinhua News Agency Team.\u201d Xinjiang province is where China interns a million ethnic Uyghurs in concentration camps. But the book touts a local online comedy show in Xinjiang where an actor plays a local \u201ccountry bumpkin\u201d and insists ethnicity is \u201cnot a problem\u201d there. This echoes the lying communist denial that there is any mistreatment of minorities.<\/p>\n<p>Then there are books that hail China\u2019s battle against COVID-19, which began in Wuhan. One is titled \u201cStories of Courage and Determination: Wuhan in Coronavirus Lockdown\u201d by \u201cThe Editorial Board.\u201d Reuters reports another book on this pandemic theme begins with commentary from Xi: \u201cOur success to date has once again demonstrated the strengths of CPC (the Communist Party of China) leadership and Chinese socialism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Amazon-owned Internet Movie Database (IMDb.com) also did Beijing\u2019s bidding by removing harsh user comments on the documentary \u201cAmazing China,\u201d which praises the country\u2019s accomplishments since Xi became dictator (\u201cpresident\u201d) in 2013. The film is still rated low \u2014 a 2.3 out of 10 \u2014 but archived screenshots showed that some negative reviews disappeared.<\/p>\n<p>In response to Reuters questions, Amazon said it \u201ccomplies with all applicable laws and regulations, wherever we operate, and China is no exception.\u201d It added, \u201cas a bookseller, we believe that providing access to the written word and diverse perspectives is important. That includes books that some may find objectionable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Oh, come on! In America, Amazon has banned the sale of conservative books on the wrong side of the LGBT censors, such as \u201cWhen Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment\u201d by Ryan Anderson, but it sells preposterous Communist Chinese propaganda because it proclaims \u201cdiverse perspectives\u201d are important.<\/p>\n<p>As we\u2019re about to see in dazzling Technicolor display during the 2022 Olympics, so-called woke corporations will overlook a lot of human rights abuses in China to gain access to its enormous market. Media companies that genuflect to Chinese tyranny should take down their brave mottos or proclamations that they\u2019re warriors for democracy and transparency and resistance \u2026 starting with The Washington Post.<\/p>\n<p>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p>Tim Graham is director of media analysis at the Media Research Center and executive editor of the blog NewsBusters.org. To find out more about Tim Graham and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s something remarkably phony on the front page of every Washington Post proclaiming their motto, \u201cDemocracy Dies in Darkness.\u201d A new investigative report from Reuters found that the Post\u2019s owners at Amazon are partners in a propaganda project with Communist China. 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