{"id":508860,"date":"2021-05-14T17:51:02","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T21:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=508860"},"modified":"2021-05-14T17:51:04","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T21:51:04","slug":"how-china-bought-positive-media-coverage-during-covid-19-according-to-damning-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-china-bought-positive-media-coverage-during-covid-19-according-to-damning-report\/","title":{"rendered":"How China Bought Positive Media Coverage During COVID-19, According To Damning Report"},"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%2Fhow-china-bought-positive-media-coverage-during-covid-19-according-to-damning-report%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=508860&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-85871016-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Media coverage of China was more than twice as likely to be positive than negative in 2020, despite covering up the outbreak of the global COVID-19 pandemic which <a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.who.int\/\">caused<\/a> 3,325,260 deaths, set off a worldwide recession that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/business-51706225\">contracted<\/a> the global economy by an estimated 4.4%, and dramatically altered life for every single human being on the planet. More than half (56%) of journalists in a global survey said news stories about the People\u2019s Republic of China had become more favorable during 2020, while only 24% said they saw more critical stories.<\/p>\n<p>Such an upsurge seems surprising, since reports indicate that China deliberately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/u-s-intel-report-suggests-china-intentionally-concealed-the-severity-of-pandemic-to-hoard-supplies\">concealed<\/a> the extent of the pandemic in the early days of the Wuhan outbreak and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/investigations\/2020\/04\/02\/us-exports-masks-ppe-china-surged-early-phase-coronavirus\/5109747002\/\">expropriated<\/a> more than $60 million in PPE from the United States. Then the CCP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/china-allegedly-blocked-u-s-companies-from-exporting-medical-safety-gear-as-pandemic-exploded-report-says\">barred<\/a> Western companies based in China from exporting PPE to the United States, while selling the West face masks produced by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/china-forcing-uighurs-to-make-face-masks-sold-in-us-josh-hawley-wants-companies-held-accountable\">slave labor<\/a> of the nation\u2019s persecuted Uighur Muslim minority. Many of these Chinese exports proved useless or harmful. The Chinese company Crawford Technology Group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-nj\/pr\/chinese-manufacturer-charged-exporting-defective-and-misbranded-masks-falsely-purporting\">sold<\/a> the United States 140,400 defective KN95 respirator masks before the Trump administration filed charges last July.<\/p>\n<p>8 in 10 journalists also said they had witnessed a spike in Chinese disinformation during 2020 \u2014 including every single journalist polled in North or South America.<\/p>\n<p>The new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifj.org\/fileadmin\/user_upload\/IFJ_-_The_Covid_Story_Report.pdf\">report<\/a>, released this month by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), reveals how Chinese Communist officials overcame these issues to enjoy an adoring press. In short, they got it the old fashioned way: they bought it. More specifically, through exporting PPE and its \u201cSinopharm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The difference in media coverage between nations which received Chinese COVID-19 relief and those that did not is clear: 60% of stories in non-recipient countries focused on China\u2019s culpability for the global pandemic, but 63% of stories in recipient nations highlighted how China\u2019s \u201cfast action against COVID-19 has helped other countries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This \u201cmedical diplomacy\u201d gave the PRC leverage to fix the news in its favor. The IFJ notes that \u201c57 percent of Chinese vaccine recipients said they had seen attempts by Chinese actors to shape media narratives regarding local politics in their countries, compared to 34 percent of nonrecipient countries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And often, the Chinese Communist narrative succeeded. Nearly two-thirds of recipient nations said their media\u2019s image of China improved, and that they were more likely to see pro-Chinese presence on social media, during the COVID-19 outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter later reported more than 173,000 accounts spreading CCP propaganda, particularly against Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn some countries, China was also seen as the purveyor of the most accurate information about the new coronavirus, showing its growing influence over global narratives,\u201d the report notes. That sometimes included U.S. legacy media outlets like NBC\u2019s \u201cToday Show,\u201d which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/rantz-nbc-news-is-actively-promoting-chinese-propaganda\">regurgitated<\/a> CCP propaganda that Beijing had actually \u201cdelayed the arrival of the coronavirus\u201d on U.S. shores. NBC\u2019s Ken Dilanian also filed an article titled,\u00a0\u201cAs U.S. struggles to stem coronavirus, China asserts itself as global leader.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Often, China simultaneously improved its own image and harmed that of its host nation. The Chinese Communist Party targeted hard-hit Italy with \u201can aggressive Chinese disinformation campaign,\u201d including deep-fake videos purporting to show Italians applauding Chinese medical aid while singing the Chinese national anthem. (The original video showed Italians applauding Italian medical workers.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey tried to say that the virus has in reality been born in Italy,\u201d one Italian journalist told the IFS. \u201cThis was just outlandish, fake news.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the height of his cult of celebrity, Gov. Andrew Cuomo also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/episode\/ep-544-the-european-virus\">described<\/a> COVID-19 as a \u201cEuropean virus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition, China penetrated Western nations by offering Western media outlets state-run propaganda at no charge. Many of those surveyed admitted to printing stories, airing documentaries, or relying on the increasingly sophisticated outlets for key facts about China. \u201cWherever the readers are, wherever the viewers are, that is where propaganda reports must extend their new tentacles,\u201d President Xi Jinping said in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The greatest surge of negative publicity for China came in North America, where President Donald Trump branded COVID-19 the \u201cChina virus,\u201d highlighted Chinese human rights abuses, and launched a global trade war against the world\u2019s second-largest economy (and the largest mercantilist economic power).<\/p>\n<p>Former Pentagon intelligence analyst Dan Garrett <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/east-asia-pacific\/how-china-used-foreign-media-reset-image-during-pandemic\">told<\/a> the Voice of America that the Chinese Communist Party exploited the pandemic \u201cto promote the socialist system and the leadership of the Communist Party as superior to the Western system of democracy, universal values, and freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If China can improve its global image during a worldwide viral plague and recession that it caused, imagine what lies ahead \u2014 and how feckless legacy media outlets will amplify their message.<\/p>\n<p><i>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>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<\/i>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media coverage of China was more than twice as likely to be positive than negative in 2020, despite covering up the outbreak of the global COVID-19 pandemic which caused 3,325,260 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2278199,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-85871016-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"How China Bought Positive Media Coverage During COVID-19, According To Damning Report","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-508860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-85871016-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"How China Bought Positive Media Coverage During COVID-19, According To Damning Report","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2278199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}