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Mail Online partnership with official Communist Party newspaper, People’s Daily of China, attacked

on Aug 12, 2016 | 0 comments

By John McCarthy

The Mail Online has come under fire in the Guardian’s Roy Greenslade column for seemingly being in partnership with the Chinese communist party’s news outlet.

A header appears above numerous stories dating back as far as 5 March 2015 stating: “This story was produced in partnership with The People’s Daily – people.cn.”

Greenslade asked the question: “So how did the partnership between a capitalist media group renowned for its advocacy of press freedom and a newspaper in a communist country renowned for censorship come about?”

He dubbed the partnership as a “propaganda coup for China”. Similarly, the People’s Daily is sharing Read full story ›

Source: The Drum