Thread by @EpochTimes

The @USCensusBureau chose to publicize the upcoming #2020Census to the Asian community by mostly choosing media outlets under the influence of the #Chinese regime, including one that is a registered foreign agent. (Thread👇) theepochtimes.com/census-2020-ad…

The Bureau has also chosen not to use two independent #Chinese-language outlets that have been critical of the Chinese regime, even though these outlets have much greater digital reach than those the Bureau has chosen and took part in the advertising of the #2010Census.

China Global Television Network (@CGTNOfficial) was selected as one of the paid media outlets of the #2020Census.

CGTN’s original name was China Central Television (@CCTV), the Chinese #Communist regime’s mouthpiece in television broadcasting. It was re-branded as CGTN in 2016.

CGTN was ordered by @TheJusticeDept to register as a foreign agent in September 2018, based on the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), which requires organizations identified as agents of a foreign government to register and file periodic updates with the DOJ.

@TheJusticeDept The Bureau declined applications to participate in #2020Census media outreach efforts of the Chinese-language @EpochTimes and @news_ntd.

These are 2 of the most outspoken independent Chinese-language media outlets that have continuously covered #China’s #HumanRights abuses.

According to the January 2020 report from Alexa on the media ranking in the US, Chinese-language @EpochTimes was ranked No. 1084, Chinese @news_ntd was ranked No. 1684, while @CGTNOfficial was ranked 42,946.

@news_ntd @CGTNOfficial By choosing @CGTNOfficial, the @USCensusBureau is overlooking the audience that objects to watching regime propaganda.

According to the Hoover report, The Epoch Times and NTD TV “remain independent of PRC control.”

Both of them were media partners of Census 2010.

Following the guidelines from the @USCensusBureau, the @EpochTimes and @news_ntd submitted proposals to request participating in the #Census2020 outreach effort in May 2019.

Both media outlets received rejection notices on Jan. 2, 2020.

@uscensusbureau @news_ntd After being rejected, both media outlets reached out to the @USCensusBureau’s New York Regional Office in order to let it know about the questionable aspects of the process for selecting media partners for the census.

The @EpochTimes emailed questions to both the @USCensusBureau and TDW+Co, asking them to respond to the facts relayed in this article.

The Census Bureau replied saying they would respond, but no response has been forthcoming. TDW+CO has not responded at all.

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