BOMBSHELL: Investigative Reporter Claims Dozens of American Journalists Are on China’s Payroll

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Investigative reporter Natalie Winters, who is part of the Bannon War Room, just dropped an explosive report on Substack claiming that dozens of American journalists are on China’s payroll.

According to Winters, these journalists have taken trips to China, funded by the CCP, and receive kickbacks for favorable reporting on China.

If her reporting is accurate, this would explain quite a few things, wouldn’t it?

From Substack:

REVEALED: Here Are the Mainstream Journalists on China’s Payroll

Foreign-agent filings reveal that operatives working for a Chinese Communist Party-linked influence organization planned free trips for American journalists based on the potential for “favorable coverage” and sought to “effectively disseminate positive messages” about Beijing.

But the filings did not plainly identify the reporters who received the access.

By cross-referencing the filings with archived newsletters, annual reports and contemporaneous accounts, this investigation has uncovered the names of prominent American journalists who participated in China trips organized or funded by the China-United States Exchange Foundation, or CUSEF.

The roster includes current and former journalists from The New York Times, CNN, MSNBC, The Washington Post, NPR, the Associated Press, Vox, The Atlantic, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune and other major American news organizations.

In several cases, the trips were followed by columns and reports defending Chinese government policies, attacking President Trump’s confrontation with Beijing or presenting the decline of American manufacturing as unavoidable.

Winters listed the names on Twitter/X:

What should happen to these people?

Losing their jobs would be a start.

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