{"id":1674352,"date":"2022-10-05T15:04:41","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T19:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1674352"},"modified":"2022-10-05T15:05:36","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T19:05:36","slug":"new-york-times-faceplants-in-1-day-over-china-election-conspiracy-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-faceplants-in-1-day-over-china-election-conspiracy-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Times Faceplants In 1 Day Over China Election \u2018Conspiracy Theory\u2019"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fnew-york-times-faceplants-in-1-day-over-china-election-conspiracy-theory%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=1674352&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>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/new-york-times-calls-chinese-dictators-clothes-hip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Times<\/a> story Monday about a group of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/former-democrat-congressman-jailed-for-committing-election-fraud-to-help-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">far-right election deniers<\/a>\u201d aged especially poorly when the same journalist was forced to write a story making their case the very next day.<\/p>\n<p>The initial story claimed that a \u201cconspiracy theory\u201d about an elections software company having ties to Beijing was a pack of lies that left the owner, a Chinese immigrant, in tears. But the very next day, Konnech founder and CEO Eugene Yu, was arrested by LA\u2019s liberal district attorney for allegedly giving the Chinese government access to the personal data of nearly two million U.S. poll workers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have never seen anything age this poorly, this quickly,\u201d The Federalist\u2019s Mollie Hemingway quipped on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oct. 3: lengthy feature &#8220;debunking&#8221; a &#8220;conspiracy theory&#8221; about security of poll worker data.<br \/>Oct. 4: arrest on just that charge.<\/p>\n<p>All from a newspaper that spent *years* pushing the absurd conspiracy theory that Trump stole the 2016 election by colluding with Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mollie (@MZHemingway) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MZHemingway\/status\/1577511700877774848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Times reporter Stuart Thompson\u2019s Monday story reported on the election integrity advocacy group True the Vote, which claimed in August to have hacked into Konnech\u2019s database and learned that the company stored data on a server in China, which would be illegal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the ensuing weeks, the conspiracy theory grew as it shot around the internet,\u201d Thompson wrote. \u201cTo believers, the claims showed how China had gained near complete control of America\u2019s elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yu told Thompson True the Vote\u2019s claims were false and denied that his company had any ties to Beijing. Yu claimed to have received death threats and gone into hiding as a result of True the Vote\u2019s allegations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve cried,\u201d Yu, who sued True the Vote over the allegations, told the Times. \u201cOther than the birth of my daughter, I hadn\u2019t cried since kindergarten.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A day later, Thompson reported that Yu was arrested in Los Angeles \u201cin connection with an investigation into the possible theft of personal information about poll workers.\u201d Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gasc\u00f3n alleged that Konnech had indeed stored American poll workers\u2019 data on servers in China.<\/p>\n<p>Yu was arrested in Meridian, Michigan, by investigators from the LA District Attorney\u2019s Office Bureau of Investigation with help from local police. Gasc\u00f3n said his office is seeking extradition. In addition to the arrest, hard drives and other digital evidence were seized by Gasc\u00f3n\u2019s investigators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cData breaches are an ongoing threat to our digital way of life,\u201d Gasc\u00f3n said in a statement. \u201cWhen we entrust a company to hold our confidential data, they must be willing and able to protect our personal identifying information from theft. Otherwise, we are all victims.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Konnech, which sells its PollChief election-worker management system software to local jurisdictions toad a $2.9 million contract with LA County. The software manages poll worker assignments, communications and payroll and collects personal identifying information.\u00a0Konnech was required to securely maintain the data and prevent access by anyone but U.S. citizens or permanent residents, but investigators alleged information was stored on servers in China.<\/p>\n<p>True the Vote officials praised Gasc\u00f3n, a liberal prosecutor who has been harshly criticized by conservatives for his soft-on-crime policies, for \u201crapid action\u201d in the case. The group blasted media outlets including The New York Times for \u201cunblinkingly\u201d accepting Konnech\u2019s version of events.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElection integrity should not be a partisan issue, nor should media try to suppress all conversation about it in a way that benefits one party,\u201d said\u00a0True the Vote Founder Catherine Engelbrecht. \u201cWe will continue to report evidence of threats to our election process and work with law enforcement to ensure our elections are a secure space for all American voters.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A New York Times story Monday about a group of \u201cfar-right election deniers\u201d aged especially poorly when the same journalist was forced to write a story making their case the very next day. 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