Cruz: Chinese Want Mexico Radio for Propaganda

[TomSea]

Cruz: Chinese Want Mexico Radio for Propaganda
Bill Gertz

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) must block the sale of a Mexican radio station over concerns the station will be used for Chinese information warfare, according to Sen. Ted Cruz.

Separately, a group of prominent U.S. scholars warned American universities that host Beijing-funded Confucius Institutes on campuses that the institutes are furthering Chinese influence operations.

Cruz stated in a letter sent Tuesday to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai that the commission should not approve the radio station deal because government regulations permit halting the sale of stations when there is anticipated "objectionable programming and harmful interference by foreign stations."

Read more at:  https://freebeacon.com/national-security/cruz-chinese-want-mexico-radio-propaganda/

Read further, the Chinese may be able to do this, IF they discuss human rights... the rest of the article has more details. They are not addressing human rights as of now.

[Fishrrman]

How can the United States block the sale of a radio station based in Mexico?

This reminds of the late 1930's, when The Carter Family used to play over radio station XERA just across the border in Mexico which was run by a quack doctor selling phony cures for lack of male "virility".

The station was not under the regulation of U.S. laws, and therefore could blast out a signal at far more power than any station within the USA...

[Elderberry]

How can the United States block the sale of a radio station based in Mexico?

This reminds of the late 1930's, when The Carter Family used to play over radio station XERA just across the border in Mexico which was run by a quack doctor selling phony cures for lack of male "virility".

The station was not under the regulation of U.S. laws, and therefore could blast out a signal at far more power than any station within the USA...

Happened again back in 2018

Mexican Radio to Beam Chinese Propaganda

https://freebeacon.com/national-security/mexican-radio-beam-chinese-propaganda/

U.S. probes links between buyer of Tijuana station and China's Phoenix TV

A large Spanish-language radio station in Mexico will soon begin broadcasting in Chinese in a deal critics say will bring Beijing propaganda to Chinese Americans throughout Southern California.

A Federal Communications Commission filing on the sale of radio station XEWW AM 690 radio near Tijuana reveals the buyer has ties to Phoenix Satellite Television US, a subsidiary of Hong Kong's pro-Beijing Phoenix TV.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) voiced concerns about the sale and urged the FCC to investigate.

"The FCC must protect American security and economic interests, and deny any attempt by the Chinese government to broadcast Communist Party propaganda and other programming into the United States," Rubio said.

Rubio added that he will soon introduce legislation requiring all media outlets owned, directed, or otherwise controlled by the Chinese government and Chinese Communist Party to register as foreign agents.

Even though the sale involves a foreign broadcaster, the FCC has a role because the Mexican radio station broadcasts into the United States. Under a 1992 U.S.-Mexico agreement limiting foreign broadcasts from Mexico that can reach the United States, the FCC can block the sale if the agreement will be violated.

[mortarman]

I thought that's what they had our media for.

 

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[dfwgator]

How can the United States block the sale of a radio station based in Mexico?

This reminds of the late 1930's, when The Carter Family used to play over radio station XERA just across the border in Mexico which was run by a quack doctor selling phony cures for lack of male "virility".

The station was not under the regulation of U.S. laws, and therefore could blast out a signal at far more power than any station within the USA...

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