1、CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i President Trump Criticizes VOA Coverage of Chinas COVID-19 Response Thomas Lum Specialist in Asian Affairs Matthew C. Weed Specialist in Foreign Policy Legislation April 28, 2020 The Presidents Criticism of VOAs Coverage o
2、f China On April 10, 2020, the White House included in its online “1600 Daily” summary of key news and events a statement entitled “Voice of America Spends Your Money to Speak for Authoritarian Regimes.” The statement referred to a Voice of America (VOA) story and two posts that, it asserted, “ampli
3、fied Beijings propaganda” about Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The statement criticized VOA for running an Associated Press article on its website on April 7, 2020, which referred to Wuhans lockdown as a “model” for other countries battling the coronavirus. The White House statement provided a
4、n image of part of a March 31, 2020, VOA Facebook post, which included a graphic showing that the U.S. COVID-19 death toll had surpassed Chinas then-official tally. On April 7, 2020, a VOA tweet showed a video of a light show put on by the Wuhan government to mark the end of the citys lockdown. VOA
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