The announcement by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) to award the so-called "International Press Freedom Award 2022" to Pham Doan Trang clearly shows the nature of this organization.
The Committee to Protect Journalists awarded the award to Pham Doan Trang. The Origins of the Committee to Protect Journalists The Commission to Protect Journalists (CPJ) was established in 1981 in New York state with the goal of "promoting freedom of expression worldwide through the protection of the right to news and freedom of speech." by the press on the basis of respect for objective truth…”. That initial principle sounds very genuine, but increasingly, the shady political motives and malicious intent to interfere in the internal affairs of the countries of the people who run the organization are becoming more and more obvious. Looking back a little bit at CPJ's operation, everyone will easily realize that the so-called "promoting freedom of speech" or "respecting objective truth" is actually inciting the opposition in Vietnam. countries with ideologies opposed to capitalist ideology. CPJ has long been known as an organization with "senior years" in taking advantage of the guise of "protecting journalists", "defending freedom of speech" to distort, slander, pressure and interfere. into the internal affairs of some countries. For many years now, with the "Freedom of the Press" award, CPJ has continuously built up a dedicated network of media to serve the political intentions of this organization. Using the name of protecting those who dare to speak the truth about the negatives of the governments of other countries, CPJ often designs and builds a "profile" for political opportunists on social networks. They turned these characters into male and female "heroes", "pioneers" against the government. Next, CPJ used money from political-related funds to pour money into sponsoring, guiding and helping subjects implement media products such as books, social media posts, and interviews. for the "intestinal" channels of the organization... The purpose is to lead public opinion, attract attention to Western countries, borrow from these countries to put pressure on the governments of other countries. The last conspiracy to disturb the society and political situation of the countries. What did CPJ do with Vietnam?
After the awarding of the "Freedom of the press" award to Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh (Mother Mushroom), CPJ continued to perform a series of tricks to pressure and force the Vietnamese government to immediately release her. subjects Tran Huynh Duy Thuc, Le Dinh Luong, Tran Thi Nga... They hope to spark the so-called "movement to fight for freedom, democracy, human rights and freedom of the press". They also did not hide their intention to provoke protests to oppose the Vietnamese government. However, most of CPJ's plots were quickly exposed by the Vietnamese authorities and became a mockery of public opinion.
The first reason: Because the status of "journalists", "human rights activists" that they try to "protect" are problematic.
CPJ intentionally equates the title of "journalist" with those who post news expressing their personal views on social networks. Previously, Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, Le Dinh Luong, Tran Huynh Duy Thuc also "wearing loose shirts" with the title "journalist" or "human rights activist" also posted many false content. While they have no governing body. What's more, they are the subjects of Vietnamese law violations and have been sentenced.
Legally, Vietnamese law clearly stipulates what is journalistic activity and there is no such thing as "independent journalists" or "human rights activists". So, it's no wonder that subjects often don't resonate with ridiculous pumping in the first place.
However, CPJ has always been stubborn. The latest is the awarding of the "International Press Freedom Award 2022" to Pham Doan Trang, who was fired by a fairly large newspaper in 2013 for being undisciplined and was stripped of his journalist status a long time ago. Pham Doan Trang was praised all the way, becoming a vedett in CPJ's show. Funding from this organization is poured into the pocket of "journalist" Pham Doan Trang for activities such as publishing underground books, giving interviews to a series of leading channels such as BBC News in Vietnamese, RFA; mobilize characters to join the "front line" to set up a "free publishing house" to distribute books and documents that distort the situation and oppose the Vietnamese government.
Documents against the country drafted by Pham Doan Trang. When announcing the "Press Freedom" award, Pham Doan Trang of CPJ was already a prisoner, serving a sentence for a series of systematic violations of the law as indicted on December 14, 2021 stated: "Pham Thi Doan Trang must be held criminally responsible for repeatedly creating, storing and circulating documents with content aimed at opposing the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Pham Doan Trang is actually a criminal, not an "independent journalist", or a "human rights activist". Once again, the personal reality of CPJ's honored characters makes many people clamor. The second reason: Because of misrepresenting the socio-political situation in Vietnam, the mouth is covered with mumps. In fact, in Vietnam there is no such thing as "attacking, suppressing the press and more importantly, Vietnam does not block all websites, blogs and online documents..." as CPJ often claims. Regarding the accusation that Vietnam does not guarantee the freedom to receive information and speech, statistics show that Vietnam currently has more than 700 press agencies, including 634 printed press agencies with 813 publications. 70 central and local radio and television stations, more than 200 electronic newspapers and online newspaper systems; 1 national radio and 1 television station, 4 regional television stations and more than 600 district-level radio stations. Besides more than 19,000 members of the Vietnam Journalists Association and thousands of professional journalists. Moreover, as of June 2021, the number of Internet users in Vietnam is nearly 70 million people (accounting for more than 70% of the population); The number of social network users in Vietnam is nearly 76 million, an increase of nearly 10 million people within a year (equivalent to 73.7% of the population). Vietnam is the country with the 12th highest number of Internet users worldwide and 6th out of 35 countries and territories in Asia. CPJ's misrepresentation. If Vietnam did not have freedom of speech, I am afraid that on the first post expressing differences of opinion, Pham Doan Trang would be "persecuted" (a word that organizations like CPJ still use) immediately, but It is not until 5 years later, when the liar goes one step further, infringes upon the interests of individuals and organizations, and affects the interests of the people, to be prosecuted and tried. For that reason, CPJ "opened its mouth" right after making the allegation. More ridiculous when not stopping at the misrepresentation, slander, CPJ also voiced "recommendation" a number of international organizations such as the United Nations Human Rights Council, the European Union, etc. to raise the issue. press freedom, internet freedom as conditions in cooperation with Vietnam. CPJ's behavior is violating the interests of the Vietnamese people.
CPJ constantly accepts "puppets" Not only Vietnam, developing countries are often the target of a number of NGOs dressed in human rights, freedom and democracy like CPJ. Their frequency of misrepresentation and slander is becoming more and more crude, despite the objective reality of countries. Representing no one, not in the name of any "righteousness", CPJ's puppets are gradually falling apart. Then there will be new puppets, dancing on demand in the near future, because the terrorist organization "Viet Tan", VOICE or many other anti-government organizations are very eager to find and broker new stars of "Viet Tan". democracy village" for big shows like CPJ. Therefore, the spirit of high vigilance and the correct and accurate propaganda of the country's policies are extremely important. Each person needs to be resolutely uncompromising on the media and press front, absolutely not allowing liars who always plot to sabotage the achievements of the whole nation to play tricks under the guise of "democracy". , "human right"./. Pham Khoa