'It's an event like no other for winter sports athletes and fans.' 'The 2022 winter games in Beijing will provide a stage for the world's top winter sports athletes and highlight China's efforts to host a safe, sustainable global-scale event,' the sponsored content read on the site. Remarkably absent is any mention of the current criticism surrounding the Winter Games - including the human rights issues with the Uyghur, athletes and journalists being warned to used burner phones to protect themselves from censorship and hacking, as well as extreme COVID-19 measures causing athletes to slam the unbearable quarantine hotels. In an upbeat article, it focuses on the dazzling effects of the Games - which runs from February 4 to 20 - from 'green construction' to the extensive 'safety protocols.' The content supplied by Xinhua News Agency - a newspaper founded and run by government agency State Council of the People's Republic of China - promotes the Beijing Olympics as a 'winter sporting event like no other.' Published: 16:44 GMT, 14 February 2022 | Updated: 18:19 GMT, 14 February 2022ĬNN is facing pressure to reveal how much is was paid to run sponsored content from a Chinese state-run newspaper on its website promoting the Winter Games in Beijing. It was also accused of glorifying communism when it published an article celebrating the 100th year of the Chinese Communist Party.Last year, CNN published that China had administered its billionth COVID-19 shot and used Chinese data.This isn't the first time CNN has been accused of promoting Chinese propaganda.In addition, the US and other countries have advised journalists and athletes to use burner phones during the Games to avoid cyber security threats.It has also faced criticism for harsh covid protocols that have left athletes in unbearable quarantine conditions.The country is accused of mass genocide and sterilization of the Uyghur people, however, it has denied any wrongdoing, but won't let the UN into the region.
CNN published sponsored content by Xinhua News Agency - a Chinese state-run newspaper - promoting the Beijing Olympic Games.
How much is CNN being paid to publish Chinese Communist Party propaganda? Network publishes 'article' paid for by Beijing that glosses over human rights criticism of Olympics and calls it a 'winter sporting event like no other'
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