Julian Reichelt, editor-in-chief for Germany’s largest newspaper, shared this blistering open letter to China’s president, where he called out his secrecy over the coronavirus pandemic and saying, “You are endangering the world”:
“In your country, your people are whispering about you. Your power is crumbling. You have created an inscrutable, non-transparent China. Before Corona, China was known as a surveillance state. Now, China is known as a surveillance state that infected the world with a deadly disease.That is your political legacy.”
Watch the whole thing here:
China‘s embassy in Berlin wrote me an open letter because they weren‘t too happy with our Corona coverage. I responded.
Full version: https://t.co/BH1muj2hnh pic.twitter.com/Q62H2G9ZqA— Julian Reichelt (@jreichelt) April 18, 2020
And in what could be a Twitter first, Jake Tapper, Ted Cruz and Donald Trump Jr. all shared the same tweet:
A letter to President Xi https://t.co/lOiNItXlji
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) April 19, 2020
Phenomenal: Very much worth watching. Germany’s largest newspaper shows courage & clarity. Is ANYBODY at NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, WaPo, NYT, Bloomberg willing to demonstrate even a fraction of this journalistic integrity? Or are the $$ from the Chinese market all you care about? https://t.co/KgR7o1nrks
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) April 19, 2020
Germany’s largest newspaper comes out swinging against China. This is a must watch for US journalists who seem intent on doing China’s bidding. #BildTV @jreichelt https://t.co/UsqN9gKLVO
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) April 19, 2020
Everyone should watch this, from a German journalist. Wouldn’t it be something if someone on @CNN spoke like this. #CCP is the threat. https://t.co/X8gfOkXpUp
— Keith Rothfus (@KeithRothfus) April 19, 2020
Now, let’s get everyone in US media talking this way:
"Before Corona, China was known as a surveillance state. Now, China is known as a surveillance state that infected the world with a deadly disease. That is your political legacy.”
Epic message from @jreichelt pic.twitter.com/HyilgvjMpv
— Jeff Giesea? (@jeffgiesea) April 19, 2020
And this really should go viral:
Open Media Responses to Open Letters from Beijing's Ambassadors To News Organizations Has Become the Twitter (And Hope It Goes Viral) Substitute of Happily Accepting China Today Advertising Revenue…Keeps On Giving. https://t.co/pJ2TkJfYdo
— Raju Narisetti (@raju) April 19, 2020
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