While it has been widely known and felt that the communist regime in China put in tremendous effort to keep a lid on the outbreak of what was once known as the Wuhan Virus, evidence has come out to show those efforts. ProPublica teamed with the New York Times to filter through leaked documents and emails from the Mainland that detailed the various methods the Chi-Coms used to stem the flow of information about the emerging pandemic and to massage their appearance in dealing with the outbreak.
The Chinese control over its social media networks is well known and there is little surprise to learn how the authorities would work to contain the flow of information on an explosive subject. But what also ends up getting revealed is how this effort also managed to manipulate the messaging here in the U.S., as our media complex ended up complying with the dictates from the Chi-Coms on the progress of the viral outbreak. This result should test negative for journalism in the country.
As ProPublica explains, the clamp down by Chinese authorities ramped up in early February as a result of the death of Dr. Li Wenliang. He was one of the early voices to come out with concern about the new strain that was discovered, and he was met with resistance from the Chi-Com authorities who accused him – like they had with many other medical professionals — of criminally spreading false and alarming information. When Wenliang ended up perishing from the very Covid-19 virus he had raised concerns about, this sparked a public reaction.
Chinese citizens began voicing concerns over both the severity of the virus and of the government suppressing information about a dangerous outbreak. The Chi-Coms went to work to contain not the virus but the flow of information. First the news networks were warned on what topics were permitted concerning Wenliang’s death, and his name slowly receded from the headlines. Then they targeted the social media outlets, silencing references to the doctor and squelching his story entirely.
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I read this somewhere else, I can’t remember where. If you bought into the COVID storyline in March you were fooled. If you still buy into it today you are a fool.