{"id":1757938,"date":"2022-12-01T06:30:20","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T11:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1757938"},"modified":"2022-12-01T09:03:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T14:03:23","slug":"ccp-propagandist-ramps-up-the-spending-in-woke-billionaires-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ccp-propagandist-ramps-up-the-spending-in-woke-billionaires-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"CCP Propagandist Ramps Up the Spending in \u201cWoke\u201d Billionaire\u2019s Magazine"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fccp-propagandist-ramps-up-the-spending-in-woke-billionaires-magazine%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=1757938&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-158366830.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A Chinese Communist Party mouthpiece ramped up its spending in <em>Time<\/em>, the iconic American magazine owned by left-wing activist billionaire Marc Benioff.<\/p>\n<p><em>China Daily<\/em> spent $656,885 to publish propaganda in <em>Time<\/em> from May 1 to Oct 31, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/efile.fara.gov\/docs\/3457-Supplemental-Statement-20221125-37.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/efile.fara.gov\/docs\/3457-Supplemental-Statement-20221125-37.pdf&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1669915874606000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1B8x3816Sfh0dPN9imcJmO\">disclosures<\/a> under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. That\u2019s up from the $649,603 that <em>China Daily<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/efile.fara.gov\/docs\/3457-Supplemental-Statement-20220527-36.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/efile.fara.gov\/docs\/3457-Supplemental-Statement-20220527-36.pdf&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1669915874606000&#038;usg=AOvVaw21G4Y6cf_7ht3a3kmriz8_\">paid<\/a> the magazine in the previous six month period. Since 2020, <em>Time<\/em> has published articles in its print magazine and online promoting Chinese culture, Beijing\u2019s climate change initiatives, and China\u2019s technology as part of a content-sharing deal with <em>China Daily<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Benioff, a prominent Democratic donor who visited President Joe Biden with his family at the White House earlier this year, began an aggressive push into the Chinese market soon after buying <em>Time<\/em> in 2018. In 2019, Benioff\u2019s software company Salesforce <a href=\"https:\/\/ca.finance.yahoo.com\/news\/salesforce-enters-china-amid-trade-232153126.html?guccounter=1&#038;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9tYWlsLmdvb2dsZS5jb20v&#038;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGw0V9pZnNIyqPphDoTD8s6m1qOe6B7zEKPtLOQ5y9tjnMblcS2gaVRmK2K3XZJjv8DNamm6NjtBiXhHuNW_37sM85_7-9JRvWAuBnYWhqCv5X7vR3T2l7sTSjWkxm-5F3-OyCau5x8JW3w51KkiQbbUTocbTCmVZkYUp7gwpqGZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/ca.finance.yahoo.com\/news\/salesforce-enters-china-amid-trade-232153126.html?guccounter%3D1%26guce_referrer%3DaHR0cHM6Ly9tYWlsLmdvb2dsZS5jb20v%26guce_referrer_sig%3DAQAAAGw0V9pZnNIyqPphDoTD8s6m1qOe6B7zEKPtLOQ5y9tjnMblcS2gaVRmK2K3XZJjv8DNamm6NjtBiXhHuNW_37sM85_7-9JRvWAuBnYWhqCv5X7vR3T2l7sTSjWkxm-5F3-OyCau5x8JW3w51KkiQbbUTocbTCmVZkYUp7gwpqGZ&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1669915874606000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0DOudHvj9aoBWWOLueKgB3\">struck a deal<\/a> with Chinese tech giant Alibaba to provide cloud computing services for the company in China.<\/p>\n<p><em>Time<\/em> is strengthening its relationship with <em>China Daily<\/em> amid heightened scrutiny of the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s efforts to influence American audiences through propaganda. The Department of Justice in 2020 required <em>China Daily<\/em> and other state-controlled media agencies to begin disclosing details of their content-sharing deals with American outlets. According to the latest filings, <em>China Daily<\/em> increased payments to <em>Time<\/em> as the propaganda agency cut spending in four other outlets\u2014<em>USA Today<\/em>, <em>Foreign Policy<\/em>, <em>Financial Times<\/em>, and the <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em>\u2014from $900,540 to $586,860.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the <em>China Daily<\/em> articles at <em>Time<\/em> are human interest stories about life and culture in China. But others promote Chinese state-owned companies that the United States has blacklisted for aiding China\u2019s military and its repressive surveillance state.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, <em>Time<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/china-time-americas-iconic-magazine-shills-for-china-and-doesnt-disclose-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/china-time-americas-iconic-magazine-shills-for-china-and-doesnt-disclose-it\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1669915874606000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2-tqcCGx9R9Vq0fdBRCHVB\">published<\/a> a story which touted technology from DJI, a Chinese drone maker that the United States government has blacklisted over its surveillance of Uyghurs. One <a href=\"https:\/\/partners.time.com\/partners\/china-daily\/high-tech-makes-games-mark\/?prx_t=VVUHAzyFTAbBkRA&#038;utm_campaign=159028&#038;ntv_ui=e49cab28-eb4d-4bfd-a3d2-7861ca0485d7&#038;ntv_ht=IIKHYwA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/partners.time.com\/partners\/china-daily\/high-tech-makes-games-mark\/?prx_t%3DVVUHAzyFTAbBkRA%26utm_campaign%3D159028%26ntv_ui%3De49cab28-eb4d-4bfd-a3d2-7861ca0485d7%26ntv_ht%3DIIKHYwA&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1669915874606000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3nnC7GMQLp2n-1QFW4oIZG\">article<\/a> about the Beijing Olympics highlighted contributions from China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp., a state-owned enterprise that makes missiles for the Chinese military.<\/p>\n<p>Benioff\u2019s expansion into China has opened him up to allegations of hypocrisy. The billionaire, who has been dubbed &#8220;Tech\u2019s Woke CEO,&#8221; has been a vocal critic of conservative policies at home while ignoring China\u2019s dismal human rights record. In 2019, he announced that Salesforce would no longer do business with any company that sells certain types of firearms or ammunition magazines. In September, he threatened to shut down operations in states that restrict access to abortion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you\u2019re going to discriminate against our employees, we\u2019re not going to set up shop there,&#8221; Benioff <a href=\"https:\/\/grabien.com\/story.php?id=395003\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/grabien.com\/story.php?id%3D395003&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1669915874606000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3bZ3xCWiKNz3AEychEIexZ\">told<\/a> CNN. &#8220;We have to be for equality, we have to be for dignity, we have to be for the equality and dignity of every human being.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Benioff has heaped praise on China for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic and Beijing\u2019s efforts to fight climate change. In 2018, he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Benioff\/status\/952399179904638981\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/Benioff\/status\/952399179904638981&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1669915874606000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3ufrRwo8x7D9KGSgI0LMrm\">said<\/a> China was &#8220;leading the way&#8221; in electric vehicle manufacturing. He praised China\u2019s response to the coronavirus early in the pandemic, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Benioff\/status\/1242488816985751554\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/Benioff\/status\/1242488816985751554&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1669915874606000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3ckb6P268XGnpI3yxt6TV9\">saying<\/a> that &#8220;China has done an amazing job eliminating the virus from their country.&#8221; Since then, mounting evidence suggests that the Chinese government lied about the origins of the virus. And this month, citizens across China have risen up against Beijing over its draconian &#8220;zero-Covid&#8221; policies.<\/p>\n<p>While <em>Time<\/em> lends its platform to the CCP, another Benioff company has cracked down on American conservative groups. Slack, a popular instant messaging service owned by Salesforce, banned the Federation for American Immigration Reform from its services in June for violating its terms of service, the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/culture\/unfair-woke-tech-company-slack-bans-conservative-group-from-platform\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/culture\/unfair-woke-tech-company-slack-bans-conservative-group-from-platform\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1669915874606000&#038;usg=AOvVaw159QjmFhPwy7AM278-1Erv\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A Slack spokesman told the <em>Free Beacon<\/em> it banned the group, which supports restrictions on illegal immigration, because it violated the company&#8217;s policy forbidding incitement of hatred or violence and that the nonprofit is &#8220;affiliated with a known hate group.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Time<\/em> did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Chinese Communist Party mouthpiece ramped up its spending in Time, the iconic American magazine owned by left-wing activist billionaire Marc Benioff. 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