Several New York Times employees admit to working for the Chinese Communist Party and say there were benefits

U.S. media outlet National Pulse reported Thursday that several New York Times employees previously worked for the Communist Party’s state-run China Daily, including the current director of photography for the New York Times, who has also admitted to “working for the Communist Party.

Jonah Kessel, the current director of photography at The New York Times, was the creative director of China Daily from July 2009 to November 2010, after which he left as a photographer and cinematographer in China whose clients included the Ministry of Information of the People’s Republic of China.

Kessel claims he was “redesigning” China Daily, a job he was “excited” about, and boasts about how publications like The Economist hyped his redesign.

While working for China Daily, Kessel repeatedly tweeted that he was “working” and “getting paid” by the Chinese Communist Party, and in July 2010, he tweeted, “Sometimes working for the CCP has its perks.

In November 2009, he tweeted, “You know you’re working for China when the first word that comes to mind when you’re asked about your workplace is ‘harmony.

Kessel also praised China’s “National Day” holiday, which commemorates the Communist Party’s takeover of the country, as “very cool.

Even after leaving China Daily, Kessel admitted that he was still “working for the Communist Party” while serving as creative director of his own film business.

Diarmuid McDermott, now an editor and designer at The New York Times, previously held the same position at China Daily and also worked for China Daily’s Asia Weekly, and his personal website promotes his work for China Daily.

According to LinkedIn, another New York Times reporter, Alex Marshall, was editor of China Daily from 2003 to 2004, and Marshall, who covers culture, describes himself as a “China apologist” and has tweeted praise for Xi Jinping’s speeches.

Marshall also tweeted that he was “glad to see communist ideals being invoked by the government.

The New York Times is one of several Western news organizations participating in the “Marxist School of Journalism” in cooperation with the Communist Party. The Times had previously expressed sympathy for Hitler, and the family behind the Times was pro-slavery. Yet the Times has never apologized for these historical positions.