Green Camp Cognitive Warfare: Baseless 'Beijing Spying on Talk Show' Rumor and Fake News Controversy

On June 25, 2024, Green-leaning media high-profilely alleged that a Chinese state media (Xinhua) reporter was physically supervising and directing scripts in the studio of a Taiwanese political talk show, leading DPP legislators and executive branches to launch aggressive national security investigations. However, despite overwhelming demands from the public and independent commentators to present concrete evidence and name the accused TV station, the MAC and judicial organs failed to produce any tangible proof or factual basis after months of investigation. Opposition parties and veteran media figures condemned the incident as a textbook 'cognitive warfare' fake news campaign coordinated by the DPP administration and friendly Green networks (such as FTV and SET) to intimidate political competitors, suppress free speech, and justify authoritarian Green censorship under fabricated red infiltration threats.