CNN Reporter Sympathizes with Chinese Communism


(This update courtesy of the Media Research Center.)



It's “only fair” for the Chinese government to take half

of what a Chinese basketball player will earn in the NBA. Since

the Chinese government “had taken care of him from childhood,” CNN

reporter Jaime Florcruz contended from Beijing, “it's only fair

that he gives back to the state.”

Like the guy had any choice in the matter.

MRC analyst Ken Shepherd caught Florcruz's rationale which

came after a taped piece he filed for the June 26 NewsNight about

basketball star Yao Ming, who was drafted first in the NBA

playoffs by the Houston Rockets. Florcruz noted that he will be

required to give half of his NBA earnings to the Chinese

government.

Following the taped piece, NewsNight fill-in anchor Anderson

Cooper asked Florcruz, who appeared live from Beijing: “I can't

believe he's got to give half of his earnings basically to the

Chinese government?”

Florcruz replied: “Yes, he is. Well, that's scandalous in most

countries. But for most Chinese, they can accept the fact that the

state, the government, had taken care of him from childhood. And

it's about — it's only fair that he gives back to the state, to

the country. So it's not a totally scandalous thing here.”

Of course, pre-Reagan the U.S. confiscated up to 91 percent of

a high-income person's earnings.

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