'This has got to be a joke': US media luminaries teaming up with shady AF Huawei to discuss 'the rise of misinformation' about COVID19 in America

Sarah D | 5:24 PM on May 11, 2020

Still haven’t gotten your fill of media professionals et al. fluffing the ChiComs? Well, we’ve got some great news for you:

Huawei is sponsoring a conference on misinformation, with the National Association of Black Journalists. https://t.co/ZCbhsTo4Bg

— B. Allen-Ebrahimian (@BethanyAllenEbr) May 11, 2020

Check it out:

#Misinformation on #COVID19 is hitting African American, Asian, Hispanic, rural & low-income Americans hard. On May 13 @NABJ, @IAMWILL, @VanJones68, @RolandSMartin & @EbonyJadeHilton discuss keeping Americans healthy + safe. https://t.co/iali0OFBrR #HuaweiNABJWebinar pic.twitter.com/XSs58j0Wdk

— HuaweiUSA (@HuaweiUSA) May 11, 2020

Should be very educational.

This has got to be a joke…

— Nick (@Gila1026) May 11, 2020

Would that it were. Alas:

I checked, this is real. You can't make this stuff up folks https://t.co/Z0jCUUU9qh

— Saagar Enjeti (@esaagar) May 11, 2020

What a time to be alive.

Not only is this sponsored by a Chinese state-owned company, it's "moderated" by Roland S Martin and the panelists are all leftists.

I'm sure this will be a balanced discussion. https://t.co/UhJweEqWz3

— RBe (@RBPundit) May 11, 2020

Huawei is sponsoring a webinar on covid-19 misinformation, huh? Can't wait to see where this goes. https://t.co/Yameq69fEd

— BT (@back_ttys) May 11, 2020

NBD, it's just the National Association of Black Journalists (@NABJ), Black Eyed Peas singer @IAMWILL, @CNN host @VanJones68, @RolandSMartin, and @EbonyJadeHilton working with Chinese Communist Party spy company @HuaweiUSA on "coronavirus misinformation."https://t.co/eYkfV4v57o

— JERRY DUNLEAVY (@JerryDunleavy) May 11, 2020

I cannot believe that these public figures I respect are attaching themselves to this #Huawei #HuaweiNABJWebinar.

Minorities like myself (Latinx here) will see this as an endorsement of a company which is quite literally enabling #HumanRights atrocities vs. Muslims in #Xinjiang.

— Ky Olbert ?? (@KyleOlbert) May 11, 2020

That’s because it’s effectively an endorsement of a company which is quite literally enabling human rights atrocities. Not to mention enabling the spread of a deadly virus.