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Several New York Times Staff Previously Worked For CCP-Controlled Media

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BY ISABEL VAN BRUGEN
Epoch Times

Several current New York Times staffers were previously employed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-controlled English-language newspaper China Daily, which has in recent years paid U.S. media millions of dollars to publish its state-approved content.

Current employees at the New York Times who formerly worked for the Chinese state-run media outlet include; Jonah Kessel, Director of Cinematography at the Times; Diarmuid McDermott, a current Staff Editor and Designer at the outlet; and Europe culture reporter Alex Marshall, the National Pulse found.

In now-deleted Twitter posts, Kessel, who took on the role of China Daily’s Creative Director from July 2009 to November 2010, wrote that working for the CCP sometimes has its “benefits.” He also mentioned that he was “psyched” for starting the role, which included “redesigning” the propaganda arm of the CCP.

He had disclosed in several posts that he was “working for” and “getting paid” by Chinese state media.

“You know you work for the PRC [The People’s Republic of China] when the first word that comes to your mind when asked to describe your work place is ‘harmonious’ #china,” Kessel wrote in a Twitter post in November 2009.

According to McDermott’s LinkedIn profile and personal website, he worked as editor and designer for China Daily in a Hong Kong-based role for eight years—from November 2012 to November last year. He assumed the same role at the NY Times last year, and is still based in Hong Kong.

He revamped China Daily’s “Asia Weekly” publication, which, according to his profile, involved “Copy editing; Rewriting raw copy; Designing layout and graphics; Sourcing news stories and pictures; Developing and maintaining a web presence across multiple platforms; Outputting pages for printers across the region.”

Marshall was reportedly employed by China Daily as an editor between 2003 and 2004.

The Epoch Times has reached out to the NY Times for comment.

For years, the NY Times has sought expanded access to the Chinese market and accepted millions in advertising revenue from Chinese state-owned media entities.

Records from the U.S. Department of Justice last year show that China Daily paid nearly 19 million dollars to U.S. media companies for advertising and printing expenses over the past four years.

Paid supplements with a pro-Beijing agenda produced by the outlet were published in newspapers such as The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal.

The CCP-controlled outlet also paid the NY Times $50,000 for advertising, the Justice Department records show.

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    thechatchthechatch Member Posts: 5,570
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    Sounds about right.
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    hardhathardhat Member Posts: 8,343
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    NY Times is woke garbage. The only thing worse is the Seattle Times.
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    WestlinnDuckWestlinnDuck Member Posts: 13,924
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    hardhat said:

    NY Times is woke garbage. The only thing worse is the Seattle Times.

    That's the thing I still find shocking is the total lack of professionalism from supposedly highly educated "journalists" which think lying and trying to limit the free speech of the conservative opposition is their noble calling. That leaves them with no functional difference from cretins like the dazzler or the Slobberer. Then they just go crazy when you call them the Fake News.
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    SoutherndawgSoutherndawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 8,235
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    Explains a lot.
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    TequillaTequilla Member Posts: 19,815
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    Clearly nothing to see here

    How dare anybody question the New York Times as anything but a highly reputable news source
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    TheKobeStopperTheKobeStopper Member Posts: 5,959
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    I’m so socialist that I’m already living rent free.
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    thechatchthechatch Member Posts: 5,570
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    edited April 2021

    I’m so socialist that I’m already living rent free.

    I can’t imagine how clever you thought that was when you typed it out.

    I’ve asked you about a dozen times, but let’s see if you dodge the questions again.

    - Where did you go to college?
    - What was your degree
    - What do you currently do for a living?
    - Do your parents still support you financially no ally in any way?
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    WestlinnDuckWestlinnDuck Member Posts: 13,924
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    thechatch said:

    I’m so socialist that I’m already living rent free.

    I can’t imagine how clever you thought that was when you typed it out.

    I’ve asked you about a dozen times, but let’s see if you dodge the questions again.

    - Where did you go to college? Evergreen
    - What was your degree Didn't graduate, but was working on Women's Studies.
    - What do you currently do for a living? Trolling
    - Do your parents still support you financially no ally in any way?
    Nope. Living in the basement doesn't cost them nothing. Maybe some meatloaf now and then.

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    Fire_Marshall_BillFire_Marshall_Bill Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 22,854
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    I know people like Kobeslobber. They've racked up tens of thousands in debt going to liberal arts skools, then grad skools.

    Live at home two years after borrowing way to much for a useless degree, get an apartment for a year. Run to mommy (they don't like daddy) because they can't manage money, default on loans, and can't get a better job, and go live with her for another three years. Move out for two years. Run back. Run off all their friends with their woke nonsense and melt downs.
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    PurpleThrobberPurpleThrobber Member Posts: 41,861
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    I know people like Kobeslobber. They've racked up tens of thousands in debt going to liberal arts skools, then grad skools.

    Live at home two years after borrowing way to much for a useless degree, get an apartment for a year. Run to mommy (they don't like daddy) because they can't manage money, default on loans, and can't get a better job, and go live with her for another three years. Move out for two years. Run back. Run off all their friends with their woke nonsense and melt downs.

    @TheKobeStopper didn't pay a dime for college. Proveitbitch.gif

    No fucking student loans either. Proveitbitch.gif

    Mercer Island socialist shill.
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    Fire_Marshall_BillFire_Marshall_Bill Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 22,854
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    I know people like Kobeslobber. They've racked up tens of thousands in debt going to liberal arts skools, then grad skools.

    Live at home two years after borrowing way to much for a useless degree, get an apartment for a year. Run to mommy (they don't like daddy) because they can't manage money, default on loans, and can't get a better job, and go live with her for another three years. Move out for two years. Run back. Run off all their friends with their woke nonsense and melt downs.

    @TheKobeStopper didn't pay a dime for college. Proveitbitch.gif

    No fucking student loans either. Proveitbitch.gif

    Mercer Island socialist shill.
    There are those too.
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