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China’s People’s Daily launches attack on The New York Times
The mouthpiece newspaper of China’s Communist Party has launched a blistering attack on The New York Times, accusing it of “faking” and “distorting” news and being a government “propaganda tool”.
The 1,500 word People’s Daily editorial appeared to be a direct response to The New York Times’s explosive exposé last week about the $2.7 billion (£1.67 billion) “hidden fortune” of the family of Chinese prime minister Wen Jiabao.
But in a humiliating about-turn, within hours of the People’s Daily publishing its lengthy assault on the American newspaper’s journalistic integrity it emerged that much of the Chinese newspaper’s critique had in fact been plagiarised from other sources.
The Beijing-based People’s Daily turned its canons on the 161-year-old newspaper on Monday, three days after The New York Times published the highly embarrassing results of its one-year investigation into Mr Wen’s family’s finances.
“For a long time, the New York Times has [had] one line printed on its masthead, ‘All the news that’s fit to print’,” noted the People’s Daily opinion piece, under the headline: ‘New York Times: scandals stack-up, prestige declines’.
“This century-old newspaper claims its news is authentic and reliable, yet there have been quite a few [cases of] plagiarism and fake news in recent years,” added the combative piece published on the website of a newspaper which is controlled, funded and censored by the Chinese government.
Irish
October 31st, 2012
Oh look! Dueling commie rag mags
MNHawk
October 31st, 2012
I’m supposed to pick a side in this little cat fight?
Tim
October 31st, 2012
Don’t cha just love Family Feud?
Your Inner Voice
October 31st, 2012
Real (American) commies want Obama!
http://www.trevorloudon.com/2012/06/cpusa-says-re-electing-obama-is-absolutely-essential/
conservative cowgirl
October 31st, 2012
When is the NYT coming out with the “highly embarassing” results of its four year investigation into the background of OUR Commie president?
J Frank Parnell
October 31st, 2012
Red on Red.
Drink deeply the schadenfreude.
66chevelle
October 31st, 2012
The pot calling the kettle red?
Dren
October 31st, 2012
Takes one to know one.
BILL
October 31st, 2012
what, are the communists running out of boogeyman capitalists to battle and are now forced to battle their own commie fellow travelers!
commie cannibalism !
(i think they woke up to the fact that the commies in this country are hell bent on debasing the currency so much that chinas investment in our country is soon going to be worthless)
hanoverfist
October 31st, 2012
Its the Wok calling the Tea Kettle red.;-)
Blink
October 31st, 2012
The New York Times, .. of “faking” and “distorting” news and being a government “propaganda tool”.
Where’s the evidence that that statement inaccurate?
Lance o Lot
October 31st, 2012
And their point is what, exactly?
Actually, I think they just don’t like the competition. State run media is supposed to be a monopoly.
TheFineReport.com
October 31st, 2012
FINALLY, something we can agree with the commmies on: the NY Times is a pile of @#$%.
Rick
October 31st, 2012
Once again, foreigners doing the jobs that Americans just won’t do…
Tony R
October 31st, 2012
I dunno, I’m starting to like these chi-coms! Maybe they’re not all bad!