CTi News

CTi News (Chinese: 中天新聞臺; pinyin: Zhōng Tiān Xīnwén Tái; Zhuyin Fuhao: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄨㄣˊ ㄊㄞˊ) was a Taiwanese 24-hour online news outlet and, until December 2020, cable television channel, operated by Chung T'ien Television.

[citation needed] In 2023, The Wire China reported that CTi News on YouTube produced 10 segments containing anti-American misinformation about a "plan to destroy Taiwan.

[6] Kuomintang had accused the ruling Democratic Progressive Party of seeking to close the news channel, saying that the renewal consideration process was scripted by Tsai Ing-wen's government.

Referring to a classified document from the Presidential office leaked out in May 2020, which described two newly appointed members of the "supposedly independent" regulator as siding with the ruling party and able to cooperate in dealing with CTi News, Kuomintang pointed out the fact that a renewal application hearing, the first of its kind in Taiwan, was hosted by these two members in October 2020, just as written in the document.

Ma commented that President Tsai's actions went against her pledge to protect freedom of speech, and questioned that the statement made by Reporters Without Borders "does not resemble commentary from professional media personnel".