Tag: media infiltration

US Lawmakers Push for More Transparency Over Foreign Governments’ US Media Operations

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers have introduced legislation to boost the authority of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to oversee foreign sponsorships of TV and radio programs broadcast in America. The bill, dubbed the Identifying Propaganda on Our Airwaves (IPA) Act, would allow the FCC to require that broadcasters check foreign media databases to…


A Timely Warning About Beijing’s Media Infiltration in the West

Commentary Sing Tao, Beijing’s most influential propaganda outlet in the overseas Chinese communities, has been required by the U.S. Department of Justice to register its U.S. subsidiary as a “foreign agent.” This is the first Hong Kong-based news outlet to be thus labeled. Sing Tao’s parent company is Sing Tao News Corporation Limited (STNC). According to…