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NY Times Pulled Ad Calling CCP to Account for Pandemic
BY PETR SVAB August 31, 2021

A full-page advertisement that called for the world to hold the Chinese communist regime to account for the COVID-19 pandemic was pulled at the last moment by The New York Times in March 2020. The paper said the ad didn’t meet its standards, but the ad was pulled after it had already passed the paper’s vetting process. The businessman who paid for the ad suspects the paper’s ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) played a role. He only revealed the details of the incident to The Epoch Times earlier this year.

The ad was scheduled to run on March 22, 2020. It was already approved, paid for, and even printed and distributed in some locations when the paper pulled the plug in the middle of the night, preventing the ad from being published in some of the paper’s main markets, including New York and Florida.

The decision was so abrupt that the sales representative responsible for the ad wasn’t informed, and the client only found out the next morning when he couldn’t find the ad in the paper.

The client, Brett Kingstone, is a real estate developer in Florida. He backed up his story with email threads documenting his correspondence with the newspaper as well as images of the contract he signed, details about the payment and subsequent refund of the $55,000 ad fee, and photos of the ad as it ran in some locales.

New York Times spokeswoman Danielle Rhoades Ha said the ad ran in “an early edition of Sunday’s paper and was removed from all later editions, which account for the vast majority of copies.”

“The ad in question did not meet our standards and should not have appeared in The New York Times,” she told The Epoch Times via email.

She didn’t respond to a question about whether the paper faced any CCP pressure regarding the ad.

“It was removed after being flagged internally by [New York] Times staff,” she said.

Kingstone, a prolific donor to charitable and conservative causes, had contacted The New York Times via email on March 18, 2020, with an advertorial placement request.

He said he placed an advertorial in the paper’s Sunday edition back in 2018 and the staff “did an excellent job in delivering what was promised both in performance and placement.”

“I am interested in doing the same again,” he said, submitting a draft of the ad.

The text urged the U.S. government to organize and initiate investigations and lawsuits regarding the origins and repercussions of the CCP virus pandemic.

“This virus was the direct result of the incompetence and irresponsibility of the Chinese Government. They showed as much disregard for their own population as they have for ours,” the ad stated.

It called for “massive liability lawsuits” against the CCP as well as investigations into two Chinese labs close to the epicenter of the pandemic, including the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

Scrutiny of the Wuhan Institute of Virology was treated as a taboo subject by social media and the corporate press at the time. Only earlier this year have establishment actors acknowledged that the inquiries were legitimate and that the virus could have escaped from the lab.

On March 19, 2020, the ad placement representative informed Kingstone that it had been accepted.

“My Ad Acceptability team has approved the message as long as we include the footnotes, your email address, a border around the ad, and advertisement slugs,” the representative said.

The two then exchanged several emails regarding technical edits to the ad as well as proof of payment of the ad fee required before publication.

Everything seemed to go smoothly.

Then, on the morning of March 22, 2020, Kingstone was surprised to learn the ad was nowhere to be found in the Florida edition of the paper.

In his inbox, he found an email from the sales representative:

“I wanted to let you know that I was informed late last night that our production team had pulled the ad from the production run, without my knowledge. I’m investigating this now and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can with any updates,” it read.

“I just wanted to assure you that I’m working on this and I will hopefully be able to share additional context on Monday after I speak to the necessary people. I will be in touch on Monday!”

The representative has since left the paper. The Epoch Times is omitting her name for the sake of her privacy.

Kingstone didn’t hide his disappointment.

“I would like to know the reason why they did this,” he said in an email response to the representative, requesting a refund.

He asked whether the paper’s executives concluded that his particular message needed to be silenced.

“I was very pleased with how the NYT treated me on my first advocacy advertisement. They were more than fair. Now my fears about bias are being realized,” he wrote.

The cancellation was all the more a slap in the face given that The New York Times used to regularly publish propaganda advertorials paid for by a company directly controlled by the CCP.

After receiving his refund, Kingstone didn’t leave it at that.

As it happened, his website, which was listed on the ad, came under a cyberattack around the same time the copies of the paper that did include the ad landed on people’s doormats, he said.

This was too much of a coincidence for Kingstone, who has had his share of run-ins with the CCP. It was his company that years earlier won a precedent-setting lawsuit against Chinese counterfeiters. In 2005, he published a book detailing his story, called “The Real War Against America.”

Kingstone started to inquire with his contacts and eventually reached the conclusion that the CCP must have been involved in the ad’s cancellation.

One New York Times executive told him a CCP official called the paper’s leadership, demanding the ad be pulled, he said. The Epoch Times wasn’t able to independently confirm that the phone call took place. Attempts to reach the executive for comment were unsuccessful. The paper’s spokesperson neither confirmed nor denied that such a phone call took place.

In any case, the situation carries “an earmark of how China would operate,” according to Pat Laflin, a former FBI agent who upon retirement led a series of lectures for the bureau to American businesses and research entities on economic espionage by adversarial nations, including China.

It’s “impossible” that the CCP let the ad slide, he told The Epoch Times.

“If there’s anything negative about China, China’s going to scream,” he said in a phone call.

It would just be the question of what form the pressure took, he said.

“Exactly what they said and how subtle it was or how not-so-subtle, that’s all speculation. I don’t know. But did the call come in? Yes.”

The New York Times has over the years repeatedly faced criticism over its relations with the CCP. The controversy reaches back to at least 2001, when the paper’s publisher at the time, Arthur Sulzberger Jr., met with then-CCP leader Jiang Zemin, whose power faction within the communist regime exerts influence even to this day, long after his retirement.

The paper actively discouraged reporting on one of the most gruesome atrocities committed by the CCP—the harvesting of organs from prisoners of conscience, mainly practitioners of the Falun Gong spiritual practice—as indicated by former New York Times Beijing correspondent Didi Kirsten Tatlow in her testimony to the independent China Tribunal in the United Kingdom.

Last year, the paper finally cut ties with the CCP-controlled China Daily and quietly deleted hundreds of paid propaganda pieces from its website, The Washington Free Beacon reported. China Daily disclosed to federal authorities one $50,000 payment to The New York Times in 2018. It’s not clear how much total revenue The New York Times drew from CCP advertorials.

NYT = CCP

https://notthebee.com/article/usa-today-said-in-a-fact-check-that-biden-didnt-look-at-his-watch-during-a-ceremony-for-dead-servicemembers-but-he-did-so-they-had-to-backtrack-

https://notthebee.com/article/forbes-seriously-tweeted-this

So, this is a very confusing headline as I was under the impression that the mortality rate for humans was sitting right at 100%.

So, according to a "study" cited by Forbes, transgender people die at a rate of 200%! Really hard to believe.

https://www.newswars.com/rolling-stone-runs-ivermectin-poisoning-hoax-story/

Rolling Stone Runs Ivermectin Poisoning Hoax Story
Hospital group says doctor behind story hasn’t worked for them in over two months and the hospital hasn't treated a single patient for ivermectin "overdose."

So sad. Rolling Stone used to be a quality journal. Now newswars.com is far superior in honesty and details.

Weird world.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-ivermectin-overdoses-didnt-overwhelm-oklahoma-hospitals-and-force-gunshot-victims-to-wait

This shows crazy levels of corruption in the media.

Is there any lie so ridiculously obvious that they would be ashamed to print it? Or do they have no shame at all?

https://www.axios.com/media-trust-crisis-2bf0ec1c-00c0-4901-9069-e26b21c283a9.html

For the first time ever, fewer than half of all Americans have trust in traditional media, according to data from Edelman's annual trust barometer shared exclusively with Axios. Trust in social media has hit an all-time low of 27%.

56% of Americans agree with the statement that "Journalists and reporters are purposely trying to mislead people by saying things they know are false or gross exaggerations."
58% think that "most news organizations are more concerned with supporting an ideology or political position than with informing the public."
When Edelman re-polled Americans after the election, the figures had deteriorated even further, with 57% of Democrats trusting the media and only 18% of Republicans.

Patrick says

Rolling Stone used to be a quality journal.

They were right up there with Playboy for news reporting.

But I just looked at the pictures and cartoons.

Patrick says

57% of Democrats trusting the media

The power of the oligarchy rests in Democrats who refuse to think.

When the left finally sees the obvious reality that the corporate press has become nothing but propaganda, then the true story of what the oligarchy has done to us all over the last year and a half for profit and power can make it into their heads. Maybe.

Again it's odd how the political left used to claim they were for the people and against corporations, but have proven themselves to be the exact opposite of that, obedient stooges for the corporate/government complex, willing to overlook any crime, even genocide, as long as they see their beloved sodomy flag or BLM logo.

But for now, the left are the brownshirts for the new fascism.

Patrick says

When the left finally sees the obvious reality that the corporate press has become nothing but propaganda, then the true story of what the oligarchy has done to us all over the last year and a half for profit and power can make it into their heads. Maybe.

I think it is more like the Mafia. The leftists know what they are doing is wrong, but they feel they will be the ones in charge.

https://babylonbee.com/news/bidens-approval-rating-among-cnn-employees-sinks-to-all-time-low-of-98

https://spectatorworld.com/topic/exclusive-new-york-times-stole-my-story/

Exclusive: the New York Times stole my story
The paper lifted my reporting about the killing of an Iranian nuclear scientist without any attribution

September 21, 2021 | 11:37 am

"Fact Checkers" now disappear videos of Nurses and MDs talking about seeing vaccinations lead to heart problems, and non-reporting to VAERS, on the grounds their professional candid observations are misleading misinformation.

MisdemeanorRebellionNoCoupForYou says

"Fact Checkers" now disappear videos of Nurses and MDs talking about seeing vaccinations lead to heart problems, and non-reporting to VAERS, on the grounds their professional candid observations are misleading misinformation.

Of course they do! It not only 1)Contradicts the Narrative, 2)casts aspersions on the holy vax, but it also 3)makes Democrats feel uncomfortable with the choices they’ve made!
That sort of shit is going to get censored EVERY fucking time.

After all, the oligarch owned media has already completely be-clowned themselves in shameless pandering to the wokesters and Libtards on the Left. The last thing they want is a disruption in the culling process of their intended victims at the last minute!
Why do you think they came down so hard on Nikki Minaj? Bitch was off the reservation and threatening to wake up some sleeping Libtards to turn them away from the holy vaccine!

MisdemeanorRebellionNoCoupForYou says

"Fact Checkers" now disappear videos of Nurses and MDs talking about seeing vaccinations lead to heart problems, and non-reporting to VAERS, on the grounds their professional candid observations are misleading misinformation.

Repost the videos here and to other sites before they get deleted.

MisdemeanorRebellionNoCoupForYou says

"Fact Checkers" now disappear videos of Nurses and MDs talking about seeing vaccinations lead to heart problems, and non-reporting to VAERS, on the grounds their professional candid observations are misleading misinformation.

I can archive nearly any video.

I'll setup something this weekend (if I have time) to try to handle everything.

"Journalism is about covering important stories. With a pillow, until they stop moving."

https://nitter.net/MarceloPLima/status/1441867044757061636?s=20

Marcelo P. Lima
@MarceloPLima
Sep 25
This blew my mind: The New York Times printed Nazi propaganda that Poland had invaded Germany, and the journalist who wrote this won a Pulitzer Prize for his efforts.

Maybe US journalism has been dead a very long time.

Patrick says

This blew my mind: The New York Times printed Nazi propaganda that Poland had invaded Germany,

Well, after all, Poland did annex a huge chunk of Nazi Germany post war.

HeadSet says

Patrick says

This blew my mind: The New York Times printed Nazi propaganda that Poland had invaded Germany,

Well, after all, Poland did annex a huge chunk of Nazi Germany post war.

Yeah, 6 years and one world war later, but who's counting.. . =))

https://outsidevoices.substack.com/p/the-nyts-partisan-tale-about-covid?token=patrick.net

The NYT's Partisan Tale about COVID and the Unvaccinated is Rife with Sloppy Data Analysis
The Times' piece on "Red Covid" obscures the reality of the pandemic and manipulates data in favor of a self-congratulatory liberalism.
Glenn Greenwald and Jeremy Beckham

kitten corner: kate sheppard
gatito bueno 7 hr ago
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excuse me miss kate, i am just a kitten and not a big important huffpo senior national editor like you, but i think maybe you have misdiagnosed this.

what you’re feeling is not probably rage.

try asking some actual humans how they all feel about people like you and what you have done to the world for the last 18 months in your pseudoscientific virtue signaling side quest to shore up failing ratings and failed political philosophies.

ask some kids who missed school and parents who lost lives and livelihoods.

i think THEN maybe you’ll understand what rage is.

https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/kitten-corner-kate-sheppard/comments

https://spectatorworld.com/topic/blame-legacy-media-not-facebook-disinformation/

Now, a whistleblower has landed on the scene, buoyed by a powerful Democratic PR firm led by former Obama alum Bill Burton. A wave of media attention has crested that’s meant to once again put Facebook in the regulatory crosshairs and demand more censorship from what’s deemed to be dangerous and influential ‘misinformation’. Washington Post columnist Margaret Sullivan has even called for a new government agency to oversee how information on Facebook is shared and disseminated.

Of course, those like Sullivan want the public at large to believe that they are journalistic warriors interested only in truth and accuracy. That is false. Facebook, as it pertains to traditional legacy news outlets like the Washington Post and CNN, is a competitor, nothing more. And every hit piece they run against the social media giant should be viewed through that lens.

The legacy media views Facebook as having stolen their audience away from them. They think doing away with user-based news feeds and content sharing will put the flow of information back into their hands, where it belongs. They have so far been successful at pressuring social media platforms like Jack Dorsey’s Twitter into complying with their demands. Facebook, however, has stood up to their counter-narrative and arguments for censorship, and must therefore be dealt with.

This is a fundamental misunderstanding as to the nature of Facebook and where it derives its power from. Facebook’s power comes from its user base — almost three billion people worldwide. Whereas CNN, MSNBC, the New York Times and the Washington Post draw their power from advertisers and corporate influence. This was the main reason that audiences fled these outlets to begin with. The legacy media’s stubborn refusal to look inward at their own industry is another reason why viewers and subscribers have abandoned them.

There is no clearer example of this dynamic than the events that transpired in Del Rio, Texas, on the southern border just last week. Journalists spread the falsehood that border agents used whips to deter migrants from crossing into the country. This ‘story’ made it all the way to the White House press briefing room and even to the President himself. It triggered a supposed investigation into the Department of Homeland Security, while the agents seen in the photographs and on video were reassigned.

The photographer later said on record that no whipping of migrants had occurred. Video footage showed no such thing. It didn’t matter. Few news outlets issued corrections, apologized for spreading misinformation, and promised to do better. No congressional hearings will be held into how this dangerous misinformation spread. No blue check-verified journalist on Twitter will be held accountable for his role in spreading the false story. There will be no calls for government oversight of the New York Times to prevent such misinformation from spreading.

Robert W Malone, MD
@RWMaloneMD
4h
The real problem here is the damn press and the internet giants. The press and these tech players act to manufacture and reinforce "consensus" around selected and approved narratives. And then this is being weaponized to attack dissenters including highly qualified physicians.

https://www.brighteon.com/c9459663-6baf-4f01-ab29-765d2fe7d078

Can We Really Trust Vaccine Fact Checkers?

Maybe this was posted before, but it's good.

After weeks of explaining there was no Fake White House set, Factcheckers grudgingly admit it's a set, but it's only on the other side of the White House, which somehow makes it more ... explicable?

https://nypost.com/2021/10/07/president-biden-mocked-over-fake-white-house-set/

How can we tell where it really is? I don't think we can.

I think Steven Miller and Peter Navarro have said they've been in the room many times, it's a building next to the White House.

The rumor is that the WH is basically run by Klain, Jarrett, and Obama (remotely by consultation), and Biden is pretty much exiled out of the building.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/new-york-times-massive-correction-covid-hospitalizations-children

The New York Times issued a massive correction Thursday after the liberal newspaper severely misreported the number of COVID hospitalities among children in the United States by more than 800,000.

A report headlined "A New Vaccine Strategy for Children: Just One Dose, for Now," by science and health reporter Apoorva Mandavilli, was peppered with errors before major changes were made to the story. The Times initially reported "nearly 900,000 children have been hospitalized" with COVID since the pandemic began, when the factual data in the now-corrected version is that "more than 63,000 children were hospitalized with Covid-19 from August 2020 to October 2021."

So now we have Fox News kicking the NYT's pants with the truth.