Virginia Radio Station Broadcasting Chinese Propaganda (reuters.com)

An anonymous reader writes: An investigation by Reuters has uncovered a radio station located just outside Washington, D.C. that broadcasts dedicated Chinese propaganda to the U.S. capital and the surrounding area. In 2009, under new ownership, Virginia-based station WAGE erected new broadcast towers, amplifying its signal by ten times, and changed its call letters to WCRW, for "China Radio Washington." All WCRW programming shares a common theme, with newscasts that avoid any criticism of China and are critical of Beijing's political enemies; for example, a report on pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong last year did not explain why people were in the streets, and said only that the demonstrations had "failed without support." WCRW's American owners claim they have no input on content and are only rebroadcasting programming provided to them by a state-sponsored Chinese company to which they lease the airtime. U.S. law requires that anyone seeking to influence American policy or public opinion on behalf of a foreign government must register with the Department of Justice, but according to Reuters, government officials didn't even know WCRW existed until Reuters told them about it.

Comments

Who cares about a non-binding vote?

[marxmarv]

Stop worshipping dead people and oligarchs and be a citizen for once in your life. Your Exceptionalism is pathetic (in more than one sense) and self-deluded.

Re:False equivalency is false

[marxmarv]

Also, which country recently repealed its ban on propaganda targeted at its own people and ruled that "news" publishers can confabulate all they like?

Pathetic Exceptionalism is pathetic. Go cry to mommy or something, but keep it out of here.

Re:Well duh

[Dog-Cow]

If you don't know the difference between the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution, you should probably go back to China and have the Party kill you for your ignorance and idiocy.