Scoop: Census Bureau is paying Chinese state media to reach Americans

[TheBlackAdder]

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The 2020 Census Paid Media Campaign, which sends U.S. taxpayer dollars to community media outlets to run ads about the upcoming census, is including a Chinese state-run broadcaster as one of its media vendors.

Why it matters: After China's yearslong campaign to co-opt independent Chinese-language media in the U.S., Washington is now paying Beijing-linked media outlets in order to reach Chinese Americans.

What's happening: CCTV4, which broadcasts in Los Angeles and has won a contract to run ads about the upcoming census, is one of several channels of the state-run China Central Television (CCTV) that broadcasts outside of China.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has demanded that state media pledge "absolute loyalty" to the Chinese Communist Party.
All Chinese news outlets, state-owned or private, are subject to extremely strict media censorship and avoid topics that the party perceives as sensitive.


Much more at the jump -

https://www.axios.com/census-bureau-pays-chinese-state-media-america-074187dc-2c25-4738-968c-ee4f4cfca33f.html

I guess there aren't any good firms in this country to keep the dollars local.

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