Arcadia, CA, Mayor Federally Charged with Acting as Illegal Agent of PRC, Pleads

Re:Arcadia, CA, Mayor Federally Charged with Acting as Illeg... by razakel on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @02:58PM (#48112754)

Here is the piece in question: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-06-09/chinese-off...

It's very clearly labelled as an official response from the Chinese government. So it's what the people they're accusing have to say, and that's why they published it.

Whether or not to believe them is left to the reader.

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Re:Arcadia, CA, Mayor Federally Charged with Acting as Illeg... by kjkjadksj on Saturday May 16, 2026 @01:06PM (#48161930)

It still breathes legitimacy into this propaganda by hosting it as such without any qualification. People might be inclined to believe the PRC, after all it is in the LA times, how untrue might it even be, they might think. Editors ought to be aware of the power of their platform. The chinese ultimately wanted to put this story in the LA times and they were allowed to do so.

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Re:Arcadia, CA, Mayor Federally Charged with Acting as Illeg... by razakel on Saturday May 23, 2026 @08:41AM (#48247164)

The right of reply is widely considered part of journalistic ethics.

If you accuse someone of something in print, you should at least give them the opportunity to refute it.

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