My Take | US and UK propagandists put their Chinese rivals to shame
- The White House has instructed federal agencies to blame China and deflect responsibility from itself for the pandemic, while British think tank, once accused of taking money from Japan to run a campaign against Chinese foreign policy, has been pushing for reparations from Beijing
The official US campaign instructs federal agencies to blame China and deflect responsibility from the White House for the pandemic. This was spelt out in a directive contained in a leaked State Department cable.
Officials are told to focus on accusing Beijing of orchestrating a “cover-up” and causing the pandemic. The talking points in the directive, “NSC Top Lines: PRC Propaganda and Disinformation on the Wuhan Virus Pandemic”, come from the National Security Council, which is at the heart of American foreign policy.
Among the talking points are: “CCP … cared more about its reputation than its own people’s suffering.
“The CCP is waging a propaganda campaign to desperately try to shift responsibility for the global pandemic to the United States. This effort is futile.”
Agencies are instructed to stress America’s “extraordinary humanitarianism”: “The United States and the American people are demonstrating once again that they are the greatest humanitarians the world has ever known.”