NEWSDECK: Taiwan’s push against ‘red media’ By News24
In June this year, tens of thousands of protesters turned to the streets to demonstrate against what they call “red media” – news outlets that are said to take their editorial orders from Beijing.
Huang Jaw-nian, author of, The Political Economy of Press Freedom: The Paradox of Taiwan versus China, adds, “China’s efforts to influence Taiwan’s media have been ongoing for quite some time now. Certain Taiwanese media outlets have come under the financial control of Beijing and have turned into local tools for the Chinese government to achieve certain political objectives, by pushing Chinese propaganda and downplaying or ignoring stories China deems sensitive.
China has been making inroads into Taiwan, forging close economic relations, deploying missiles along the Taiwan Strait, and involving itself in the island’s political affairs, not least through its sway over Taiwan’s media. Huang Kuo-chang, one of the “red media” protest organisers, told The Listening Post ‘s Johanna Hoes: “Theoretically, any media company that infiltrates our democracy is on our radar. But the Want Want Group was definitely our main target. The way in which Want Want’s media outlets push Chinese propaganda is infamous.
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