#PRC: #HongKong: Mark Simon, Jimmy Lai's long-time deputy and director at the now-closed Apple Daily, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill:
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#PRC: #HongKong: Mark Simon, Jimmy Lai's long-time deputy and director at the now-closed Apple Daily, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill:
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| 0:00.0 | This is CBS Eye on the World. |
| 0:08.4 | Here's John Batchler. |
| 0:11.2 | With Gordon Chang at Gordon G. Chang, the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal in these |
| 0:15.8 | last weeks tick-tock suspends a film on Jimmy Lai. |
| 0:21.4 | Its CEO told Congress in March goes to subhead, it doesn't do communist bidding, the lead |
| 0:26.9 | paragraph. |
| 0:28.2 | On April 18th, the Acton Institute released to the public its powerful documentary about |
| 0:33.5 | Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong newspaperman who's been in prison for the past 29 months. |
| 0:39.5 | On Tuesday, the Acton Institute's tick-tock account, which was set up the same day the |
| 0:45.3 | Hong Konger premiered, was suspended. |
| 0:49.0 | Coincidence? |
| 0:50.5 | The Wall Street Journal editorial page asked. |
| 0:53.3 | We are very pleased to welcome Mark Simon. |
| 0:56.6 | Jimmy Lai's longtime deputy and director, a former director at the now closed Apple |
| 1:01.5 | Daily to help us understand this coincidence. |
| 1:04.6 | Mark, a very good day to you. |
| 1:07.2 | Thank you very much. |
| 1:09.0 | Gorgavidal taught me many years ago. |
| 1:11.2 | Don't call it a conspiracy when you can call it a coincidence. |
| 1:15.0 | Tick-tock says that it's not communist propaganda. |
| 1:18.1 | It's led by a man, show, Zee Choo, who was born in Singapore. |
| 1:23.3 | He's a Singaporean. |
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