Thread by @adamscrabble, Thread about China, ABC, Fake News and Coronavirus. Is ABC news lying, [...]

Thread about China, ABC, Fake News and Coronavirus.
Is ABC news lying, let's discuss...

ABC news had an explosive story last week: "Intelligence report warned of coronavirus crisis as early as November: Sources"

Did ABC do any vetting of their explosive story?

"If reading a story in several different news outlets makes a story true, this story was true" Theo Dalrymple

Lets look into this story, i'm quoting from the article: https://abcn.ws/2VeAI5g

Intelligence report warned of coronavirus crisis as early as November: Sources

"Analysts concluded it could be a cataclysmic event," a source said.

https://abcn.ws/2VeAI5g

"Analysts concluded it could be a cataclysmic event," a SOURCE said
"...according to four SOURCES briefed on the secret reporting"
"...according to two officials FAMILIAR with the document’s contents"
"...one of the SOURCES said of the NCMI’s report"

"...the SOURCES described repeated briefings through December..."
"...appeared in the President’s Daily Brief of intelligence matters in early January, the SOURCES said"

"The timeline of the intel side of this may be further back than we’re discussing," the SOURCE said of preliminary reports from Wuhan"

One problem, it wasn't true

Real news: Col. R. Shane Day who heads the medical intelligence unit:

“...media reporting about the existence/release of a National Center for Medical Intelligence Coronavirus-related product/assessment in November of 2019 is not correct. No such NCMI product exists.”

ABC is owned by Disney. And, Disney has big plans in China https://cnb.cx/3esIUGk

Bob Iger tells us about Disney's $5.5 billion bet on China

Disney CEO Bob Iger speaks to CNBC about the opening of Shanghai Disneyland about of the park’s official opening.

https://cnb.cx/3esIUGk

Disney also owns ESPN. And, ESPN has big plans in China https://lat.ms/2RGlSlL

ESPN and Tencent team up to cover sports in China

ESPN is partnering with Chinese tech giant Tencent in a deal that greatly expands the sports media company's presence in the world's most populous country.

https://lat.ms/2RGlSlL

Does China have the "pee tapes" of Disney?

Why does Disney see no evil?
Remember when executing people was a bad thing? https://bit.ly/2Vuyaih

China named 'world’s top executioner' as global rate falls

Amnesty says more people executed in China than rest of world combined but sub-Saharan Africa is a ‘beacon of hope’

https://bit.ly/2Vuyaih

Why does Disney hear no evil? https://bit.ly/2Vb4rM7

China is harvesting organs from detainees, tribunal concludes

Victims include imprisoned followers of Falun Gong movement, China Tribunal says

https://bit.ly/2Vb4rM7

Can we trust ABC tell us about the plight of our Uyghur brothers and sisters?

#NeverAgain or nah

/end https://bit.ly/3aj8H0I

The Anti-Islamic Movement in China - by Haiyun Ma

The mass human rights atrocities in Xinjiang is worsening, and demands a far greater international response....

https://bit.ly/3aj8H0I

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