Reuters Plays Vassal Instead of Watchdog, Obeys Orders of CCP’s Xi to Pull Clip of him Joking about Organ Harvesting
The story isn’t just that Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin were caught on a hot mic joking about longevity and organ harvesting on the very ground where the Chinese Communist Party massacred its own people in 1989. The real scandal is that Reuters had the footage, distributed it, and then yanked it—because the CCP told them to. China Central Television, Beijing’s propaganda machine, claimed the rights and ordered the takedown. And Reuters obeyed.
Fortunately, Epoch Times and NTD did not comply. You can see the hot mic exchange here:
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This is not a story about licensing agreements. This is about Western media bending the knee to a dictatorship, silencing itself to protect Xi’s image. At the moment of maximum embarrassment for both Xi and Putin, one of the world’s most powerful news agencies folded and censored the truth.
Let’s be blunt: Reuters had no obligation to comply. None. The so-called “kill notice” was a political act dressed up as legal compliance. And it worked—millions of people who would have seen Xi and Putin’s candid cruelty instead saw… nothing. That’s the CCP’s goal: control the narrative, rewrite reality, make Western media its lapdog.
The irony couldn’t be darker. On the anniversary of Tiananmen Square—where thousands of Chinese were slaughtered for demanding freedom—the CCP managed to force Western journalists to silence themselves. That is the story.
Epoch Times’ Jan Jekielek, Joshua Philipp, and Leeshai Lemish are uniquely positioned to call this what it is: proof that the free press in the West is surrendering to authoritarian power. If Reuters can be bullied into submission on a tape this explosive, what else is being buried before the public even gets a glimpse?
This isn’t just about Xi and Putin joking about forced organ harvesting. It’s about a Western institution choosing to protect the powerful rather than expose them. Journalism at its core is supposed to serve truth. Reuters chose to serve Xi.
And if that doesn’t terrify us, it should.
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OPTIONAL Q&A:
- What does it say about Western journalism when Reuters caves to CCP pressure over leaked footage?
- Why would Reuters comply with Beijing’s propaganda arm when it had no legal obligation to do so?
- Doesn’t this prove that corporate media has already surrendered its role as watchdog to authoritarian regimes?
- What should the public conclude about what other stories may be suppressed behind the scenes?
- How does this decision embolden Xi and Putin, knowing Western media will silence itself on command?
- Isn’t this the clearest example yet of how the CCP’s influence war extends straight into our free press?
- If truth can be buried this easily, how can people trust legacy outlets to protect democracy?
- What does real journalism look like in the face of this kind of pressure—and who is still willing to do it?
ABOUT JAN JEKIELEK…
Jan Jekielek is senior editor with The Epoch Times, host of the show “American Thought Leaders” and was co-host of “FALLOUT” with Dr. Robert Malone and “Kash’s Corner” with now FBI Director Kash Patel. Years ago Jan studied the evolutionary biology of lemurs in Madagascar, and his life took an unexpected turn. Exposed to the realities of human rights violations in China, he ended up working with an underground railroad bringing Chinese dissidents through the Golden Triangle to Bangkok and ultimately to Western countries. It was then that he realized that telling unknown heroes’ stories was transformative, both for him and audiences.
Determined to tell true stories, Jan started working with The Epoch Times 20 years ago, at a time when popular narratives in the West hid the dark underbelly of communist China. He did some of the earliest reporting on the Chinese regime’s continuing practice of forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience, and he’s the author of the upcoming book, “Killed to Order: China’s Organ Harvesting Industry and the True Nature of America’s Biggest Adversary.”
Over the last five years, he has interviewed over a thousand thought leaders on camera, including heads of state, multiple U.S. cabinet secretaries and agency heads, and congressional members.
Jan specializes in long-form discussions that challenge assumptions. He’s also an award-winning documentary filmmaker, producing “DeSantis: Florida vs. Lockdowns,” “The Unseen Crisis: Vaccine Stories You Were Never Told,” and the “optimistic” Holocaust documentary “Finding Manny.”
ABOUT JOSHUA PHILIPP…
Joshua Philipp is an award-winning journalist and Senior Investigative Reporter at The Epoch Times. He is the host of ‘Crossroads,’ a news and analysis program on EpochTV. His works have included breakthrough investigations into the origins of Covid-19 and the Wuhan laboratory in the early days of the pandemic. He spearheaded the first documentary on the lab leak origins of the COVID-19 virus, released in April 2020. This groundbreaking documentary garnered over 75 million views, and while many tried to label it misinformation, its findings have since been vindicated by the White House and US intelligence agencies.
EXPERT ANALYSIS FROM JOSHUA PHILIPP
Joshua Philipp, senior investigative reporter at The Epoch Times and a recognized China expert, has mapped out these networks during his 15-plus years of research into the CCP. He provides a deeper context on the CCP’s attempts to subvert the systems and institutions in the United States. As the Chinese regime states, they aim to “strangle you with your own systems,” and that tactic is playing out across key industries and institutions in the US.
Josh is also a leading expert on Chinese unconventional warfare and United Front operations, which he has investigated and exposed since 2008. His 15-plus years of research and investigations on the Chinese Communist Party, subversion, human rights abuses and related topics give him unique insight into the global threat and political landscape.
ABOUT BEN MALONEY…
Ben brings a human-centric approach to the issue of Chinese transnational repression in America. Ben is the Digital Outreach Director for the Falun Dafa Information Center and has worked for Fortune 500 companies in various technology roles. With his deep background in technology, he can speak authoritatively on how the Chinese Communist Party weaponizes surveillance, AI, and digital tools to target both Chinese and Americans. A practitioner of Falun Gong meditation who has 20 years of expertise in human rights work, he can help Americans understand how the CCP exports persecution to the U.S., influences our thinking and social media feeds, and endangers our freedoms.
ABOUT LEESHAI LEMISH…
Leeshai Lemish has been with Shen Yun for 18 years. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Chinese history and language from Pomona College, California, and his master’s in international relations from the London School of Economics. He has spent extended periods studying, working, and conducting research throughout East Asia, and has authored articles on Chinese current affairs in both English and Chinese.
He joined Shen Yun Performing Arts as an MC when the company was founded in 2006 and has since emceed close to two thousand performances with the company, taking the stage with Shen Yun at prestigious theaters such as Lincoln Center and the Kennedy Center, the London Coliseum, Tokyo Opera City, and many others worldwide. In addition to his performance role, he has tracked and documented on his website over 100 cases of the Chinese Communist Party and its agents trying to sabotage Shen Yun internationally. He has testified on transnational repression in front of Congress, has been a featured guest on television and radio shows around the world, and is the host of the podcast Shen Yun Voices.
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