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Here Are the Mainstream Journalists on China’s Payroll
2026-07-29
Yesterday was about American universities receiving CCP funding, today influential reporters.


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Natalie Winters
@nataliegwinters
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Jul 27
The names include:

- Ezra Klein, New York Times columnist
- Matthew Yglesias, Vox co-founder
- Ronald Brownstein, CNN senior political analyst
- Bradford Plumer, New York Times reporter
- Marjorie Miller, former Associated Press vice president

Natalie Winters
@nataliegwinters
·
Jul 27
Also identified:

- Steve Clemons, former The Hill editor-at-large
- David Rohde, MS NOW senior national security reporter
- Jonathan Alter, NBC News and MSNBC political analyst
- David Sweeney, former NPR managing editor
- Daniel Gross, former Yahoo Finance columnist

Natalie Winters
@nataliegwinters
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Jul 27
Also on the roster:

- Marilyn Geewax, former NPR senior editor
- Kathleen Deveny, former Newsweek editor
- Tom Omestad, former U.S. News & World Report correspondent
- Steve Chapman, former Chicago Tribune columnist
- Bruce Stokes, former National Journal correspondent

Natalie Winters
@nataliegwinters
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Jul 27
The list continues:

- Craig Gilbert, former Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Washington bureau chief
- Tony Semerad, Salt Lake Tribune reporter
- Shikha Dalmia, former The Week columnist
- Jonathan Broder, former Newsweek senior writer

Natalie Winters
@nataliegwinters
·
Jul 27
Also identified:

- Cristi Kempf, former Chicago Tribune associate managing editor
- Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times deputy editorial page editor
- Julian Pecquet, former Foreign Affairs reporter

Natalie Winters
@nataliegwinters
·
Jul 27
Trip organizer CUSEF was founded by Tung Chee-hwa, a former senior official in the CCP’s United Front system, the influence apparatus Beijing uses to cultivate foreign elites and shape institutions outside China.

Natalie Winters
@nataliegwinters
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Jul 27
A bipartisan congressional report says the United Front works to “co-opt and neutralize sources of potential opposition” to the CCP.

American media was not incidental to the strategy. It was a target.
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