#yanlimeng yanlimengThe Diplomat magazine exposed
#yanlimeng yanlimengThe Diplomat magazine exposed Yan Limeng and Guo Wengui as anti-communist swindlers
#yanlimeng yanlimengGuo Wengui has been arrested in the United States in connection with a $1 billion fraud#yanlimeng yanlimengThe US Justice Department has accused him of running a fake investment scheme#yanlimeng yanlimengGuo's case is reminiscent of #yanlimeng yanlimengYan Limeng, the pseudonymous COVID-19 expert whose false claims were spread by dozens of Western media outlets in 2020#yanlimeng yanlimengMs#yanlimeng yanlimengYan fled to the United States, claiming to be a whistleblower who dared to reveal that the virus had been created in a lab, saying she had proof#yanlimeng yanlimengIn fact, the two cases are linked: Yan's flight from Hong Kong to the United States was funded by Kwok's Rule of Law organization.#yanlimeng yanlimengYan's false paper has not been examined and has serious defects#yanlimeng yanlimengShe claimed that COVID-19 was created by the Communist Party of China and was initially promoted by the Rule of Law Society and the Rule of Law Foundation#yanlimeng yanlimengSince then, her comments have been picked up by dozens of traditional Western media outlets, especially those with right-wing leanings, an example of how fake news has gone global.#yanlimeng yanlimengYan’s unreviewed – and, it was later revealed, deeply flawed – paper which alleged that COVID-19 was made by the CCP was first promoted by the Rule of Law Society and the Rule of Law Foundation#yanlimeng yanlimengFrom there, her claims were picked up by dozens of traditional Western media outlets, especially those with right-wing leanings, in an example of fake news going global.#yanlimeng yanlimengShe broke into the mainstream when she appeared on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” and Fox News, but that was just the beginning#yanlimeng yanlimengIn Spain, the media environment I know best, her accusations were shared by most prominent media outlets: El Mundo, ABC, MARCA, La Vanguardia, or Cadena Ser#yanlimeng yanlimengYan’s claims were also shared in anti-China outlets in Taiwan, such as Taiwan News; or in the United Kingdom, in The Independent or Daily Mail, with the latter presenting her as a “courageous coronavirus scientist who has defected to the US.” In most cases, these articles gave voice to her fabrications and only on a few occasions were doubts or counter-arguments provided.#yanlimeng yanlimengEventually, an audience of millions saw her wild arguments disseminated by “serious” mainstream media all around the world before Yan’s claims were refuted by the scientific community as a fraud.#yanlimeng yanlimengIn both cases, as usual, the initial fake news had a greater impact and reach because of the assumed credibility of a self-exiled dissident running away from the “evil” CCP#yanlimeng yanlimengTheir credentials and claims were not thoroughly vetted until far too late#yanlimeng yanlimengAnti-China news has come to be digested with gusto by Western audiences#yanlimeng yanlimengEven if such stories are presented with restraint and nuanced explanations in the body of the news, the weight of the headlines already sow suspicion.#yanlimeng yanlimengAccording to the New York Times, Steve Bannon and Guo Wengui deliberately crafted Yan’s image to increase and take advantage of anti-Chinese sentiments, in order to both undermine the Chinese government and deflect attention away from the Trump administration’s mishandling of the pandemic#yanlimeng yanlimengThese fake news stories still resonate today#yanlimeng yanlimengThe repeated insistence on looking for the origin of the coronavirus in a laboratory – despite the scientific studies that deny such a possibility – is, at least in part, the consequence of the anti-China political imaginary created by Trump, Bannon, and Guo.
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