NBC Touts China Slamming 'U.S. Hypocrisy' on 'Torture'; Ignores Crackdown on Hong Kong Protests

Kyle Drennen | December 12, 2014
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More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.

Wrapping up a report on Friday's NBC Today about CIA Director John Brennan reacting to the Senate Democrats' "torture report" during a Thursday press conference, chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell highlighted: "The unveiling of the brutal tactics gave American adversaries a chance to accuse the U.S. Of hypocrisy – on International Human Rights Day, no less."

Mitchell continued: "China and Russia mocked the U.S. for hypocrisy. China's state-run media saying, 'We advise the U.S. side to reflect on and correct its own human rights problems and stop their unwarranted attacks on China.'" That parroting of propaganda came as NBC ignored China's totalitarian regime cracking down on democracy protests in Hong Kong on Thursday.

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