This foreign media is CNN.
According to the Hong Kong police and CNN’s confirmation in the letter of apology, on August 25th, CNN published an article with the title "Police use petrol bombs against Hong Kong demonstrators". At the same time, a video claiming that the police were throwing petrol bombs at the "demonstrators" appeared on the Internet.
However, the video evidence produced by Jiang Yongxiang, Senior Superintendent of the Public Relations Division of the Hong Kong Police Force, shows that this video, which appears to be the police throwing petrol bombs at the "protesters", was actually maliciously tampered with and edited by people on the "demonstrators" side. The actual situation is that the "demonstrators" are throwing petrol bombs at the police.
Jiang Yongxiang emphasized that those who maliciously tampered with the clips tried to cover up the evil deeds of the mobs, and their schemes would not succeed.
The video taken by the Global Times reporter at the scene of the conflict also confirmed the police’s statement. It can be clearly seen in the video that "demonstrators" are throwing petrol bombs at the police.
The materials provided by the Hong Kong police also show that CNN, which is currently publishing this fake news, has officially sent an apology letter to the Hong Kong police. The letter of apology was signed by Roger Clark, vice president of CNN and head of Hong Kong branch since 2015.
In this letter of apology, Roger Clark said that they apologized for making this mistake and would investigate the cause of this mistake. He also declared that CNN would "strive to ensure that the report on the demonstrations in Hong Kong is fair and balanced".
Of course, it remains to be seen whether CNN can truly achieve "fairness and balance" in reporting, or continue to "hold the group" with extreme demonstrators like some western media, and continue to listen to their statements.
However, the real significance of CNN’s face-to-face exposure of false news by the Hong Kong police lies in the fact that it fully shows how biased the western media have been in Hong Kong’s reports. Even CNN, the mainstream media in the United States, has become a "mouthpiece" and a "propaganda tool" for extremist demonstrators to spread their rumors.
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This article is excerpted from the WeChat WeChat official account Global Times (ID: hqsbwx). The original article was first published on August 28, 2019, with the title "CNN was planted this time and was" caught by the Hong Kong police ".It does not represent the view of the think tank.
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(Original title: "CNN planted this time! "Caught red-handed" by the Hong Kong police … ")
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