Time Magazine, LA Times Push Chinese Propaganda

According to disclosures filed with the Justice Department, several US and Canadian newspapers and magazines (including Time magazine, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, and the Houston Chronicle) were paid by China Daily to run advertising campaigns that looked like news articles.

China Daily is controlled by the Chinese Communist Party.

These advertisements, under the banner of “China Watch,” were designed to portray the Chinese government and communism in a positive light. Below are the listed expenses, required under the Foreign Agents Registration Act:

The Los Angeles Times received $272,000, while Time magazine accepted $700,000 for advertising. Foreign Policy magazine received $291,000 and Financial Times received $371,577. The Globe and Mail, a Canadian newspaper, accepted $329,898 for advertising.

Recently, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times (among others) have cut ties with China Daily after facing backlash for publishing so-called advertorials, with the Times reportedly purging hundreds of China Daily propaganda pieces from their website in response to complaints about them working with communist Chinese propagandists.