Republican Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Texas) has named four major U.S. mainstream media outlets, saying they are controlled by China-affiliated U.S. conglomerates and therefore have a pro-China stance that has influenced the American public’s perception of China for years.
Hox News reported on Thursday (22) that Cotton said during an appearance on a network show on Wednesday (21) that ABC, NBC, CBS and CNN were “heavily beholden” to China. on China,” he said.
The big media companies are very dependent on the Chinese market, and in some cases very dependent on Chinese capital investment,” he said. Think about it: ABC is owned by Disney, NBC is owned by Comcast-Universal, CBS has ties to Viacom, and CNN is owned by Time Warner – all of these major news outlets have owners or partners that are heavily dependent on the Chinese Communist Party. ” Cotton continued, “For years, these major news outlets have defied the common sense, judgment and instincts of the American people by taking a soft stance on China and, in some cases, acting like bodyguards to protect those in power in China. Is this even surprising?”
In addition, Cotton criticized Major League Baseball (MLB) and the National Basketball Association (NBA), accusing MLB of pulling the All-Star Game out of Atlanta because of election reform in Georgia or the impact on minority voting rights, but maintaining close ties with Chinese companies, while the NBA turned a blind eye to the genocide of the Uighur people in Xinjiang. Cotton also criticized Coca-Cola for hypocrisy, saying that while the company condemned Georgia’s election law changes, it lobbied lawmakers on Capitol Hill last year to prevent Congress from passing the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act.
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