Friday, April 23, 2021

Ex-general picked by Nancy Pelosi to review Capitol security appears on Chinese propaganda network

Chuck Ross, DCNF. Retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré recently appeared for an interview with CGTN America, a propaganda arm of the Chinese Communist Party, to criticize Americans' views of climate change.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently picked Honoré to lead a review of security failures at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

One shot fired in the propaganda war came this week in the form of an interview that CGTN America, the U.S. affiliate of the Beijing-controlled China Central Television, conducted with retired Army Lt. General Russel Honoré.

Honoré has been in the news recently after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi picked him to conduct a review of security failures leading up to the riots at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

In giving the interview, Honoré provided fodder that China's propaganda mills used to subtly tarnish the image of the U.S. According to Freedom House, a pro-democracy think tank, the Chinese Communist Party's media organs typically push "Soft content" to their millions of subscribers and social media followers that is not easily identified as propaganda.

The interview with Honoré comes as Chinese and U.S. officials are poised to meet to discuss potential cooperation on climate change.

Pelosi announced on Jan. 15 that Honoré would lead an investigation into security measures at the Capitol before the Jan. 6 riots.

https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/04/22/ex-general-picked-by-nancy-pelosi-to-review-capitol-security-appears-on-chinese-propaganda-network-1063595/ 

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