New York Times and other ‘Media’ Outlets Choose Communists OVER Terror Victims
Is it not terrifying to be threatened with mass murder? That IS terrorism. Twenty times since March, Chinese dancers and musicians have been on the receiving end of such terror threats. Yet many mainstream media outlets have ignored those threats―20 times. As if that isn’t enough injustice, those outlets―with the New York Times in the lead, actually write hit pieces on the dancers and musicians, the victims of terror.
Apparatchiks of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have launched twenty death threats at Chinese dancers since March of 2024. Let me say that again – TWENTY death threats. These threats come in the form of emails that threaten to either detonate bombs or unleash mass shooters inside theaters where Shen Yun is performing.
Yet, media outlets like the New York Times and the Sydney Morning Herald apparently have no interest in that. They only care about smearing Shen Yun with false accusations and hit pieces. Whether these smears have to do with vilifying Shen Yun for making money, mistreating its dancers, or simply acting as a propaganda arm for Falun Gong, they have something else in common.
They ignore threats of mass murder to dancers, musicians, and theater attendees. To be sure, Shen Yun’s Leeshai Lemish―who was present when the bomb threat to the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC came in last week―insists that these threats seek to intimidate the performers and ticket holders more than anything else. That doesn’t make them any less real.
Still, the likes of the New York Times and the Sydney Herald are intentionally missing the elephant in the room here. By smearing Shen Yun and ignoring terror threats, these media arms are actually siding with the Chinese Communists. These aren’t just threats to commit terrorism against American citizens, they are likely tied back to the leadership of a geopolitical adversary―The Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
And mainstream publications target the terror victims.
“Can’t they at least denounce terrorism?” Lemish rhetorically asks.
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OPTIONAL Q&A:
- Can you describe the nature of the death threats Shen Yun has received since March 2024? How were they communicated, and what details made them particularly alarming?
- You were present when the bomb threat to the Kennedy Center came in—can you walk us through what happened in that moment and how authorities responded?
- Why do you think major media outlets like the New York Times and the Sydney Morning Herald have ignored these threats while focusing on negative coverage of Shen Yun?
- Do you see a connection between these smear campaigns and efforts by the Chinese Communist Party to undermine Shen Yun?
- How have the performers and audiences reacted to these threats? Have they impacted attendance or morale within Shen Yun?
- What measures have theaters and law enforcement taken to ensure the safety of the dancers, musicians, and audiences?
- Beyond raising awareness, what steps would you like to see from the media, governments, and the public in response to these threats?
- If you could send a direct message to those dismissing these threats or amplifying anti-Shen Yun narratives, what would you say?Where can we learn more about the beautiful art of Shen Yun, and how it motivates others?
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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.
ABOUT LEVI BROWDE…
Levi Browde serves as the Executive Director with the New York-based Falun Dafa Information Center – an organization dedicated to ending the human rights abuses against people who practice Falun Gong in China.
A career software entrepreneur, Levi’s life changed dramatically in 1999 when his best friend came to the office one morning and announced the Chinese Communist Party had taken away his mother in Beijing to be tortured and “brainwashed.” This marked the beginning of his volunteer work to defend human rights in China. Two years later, Levi himself was detained in a Chinese jail outside Beijing for secretly meeting with Western reporters and protesting on Tiananmen Square.
Over the past 20 years, Browde has been interviewed and quoted by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Tribune, CNN, the Associated Press, TIME Magazine, BBC, AFP, and other media outlets. He has spoken about Falun Gong and human rights in China at briefings on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, at the United Nations human rights sessions in Geneva, Switzerland.
Browde studied East Asian Studies at Wesleyan University and is an avid supporter of traditional Chinese culture. He founded several software start-ups, and lives in New York with his wife and two sons.
Samples of Levi on camera:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS3RS4vJguI
https://tv.faluninfo.net/unmasking-chinas-gestapo-610-office/
https://tv.faluninfo.net/levi-browde-exposes-the-new-york-times-distorted-coverage-of-human-rights/
ABOUT JARED MADSEN…
Jared was one of the first students from Iowa to study in China where he fell in love with Chinese culture. For the past 18 years, Jared has served as MC for Shen Yun Performing Arts.
Samples of Jared on camera:
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