SCMP, a HK newspaper owned by a China Company, not dare to criticise China Government anymore, because employee does not like to mess up with his boss.
Founded in 1903, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) is a Hong Kong based English-language newspaper. SCMP provides news, business, arts, tech and culture for global readers, with a focus on China and Asia.
On April 5, 2016, Alibaba Group acquired SCMP Group in a $266 million deal including the South China Morning Post.
“According to a Quartz article dated 2017, they state that after being acquired by Alibaba Group, SCMP’s narrative became more pro-China. The article also quotes Joseph Tsai, Alibaba’s co-founder and vice chairman, as saying “We wanted to tell the biggest story of our lifetime, which is China.”
“It depends. If the news is not about China, I would say that they are a very credible news source.
When it comes to news about China then their credibility drops down to almost zero.”
“I’ve seen a few comments criticizing SCMP for being biased to favor China”
Tactics using to spread the state propaganda by SCMP:
– Setting up facebook groups for specific topic to spread propaganda in the group, not allowed others to post in the facebook group
Ref and read more:
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/south-china-morning-post/
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/11/13/i-will-no-longer-write-south-china-morning-post/
https://www.quora.com/Is-South-China-Morning-Post-a-credible-news-source
https://www.reddit.com/r/HongKong/comments/cyh43j/south_china_morning_post_has_pretty_extensive/