Taiwan’s state-funded English-language broadcaster TaiwanPlus has removed a video in which one of its journalists called US President-elect Donald Trump a “convicted criminal” after the government said the incident was “very serious.” “.
Taiwan publicly congratulated Trump on his victory, joining other governments around the world trying to get along with the next U.S. administration.
Washington has long been Taipei’s biggest backer, but Donald Trump raised concerns during his campaign when he suggested Taiwan should pay the United States for its defense and accused the island of stealing the semi-industrial industry. -American driver.
TaiwanPlus correspondent Louise Watt was speaking on camera from the United States last week when she declared that “the United States will vote for either its first female president or its first convicted felon.”
“Well it seems that America has chosen the criminal” reported Louise Watt, in a clip shared by the Taiwanese channel TVBS and viewed by AFP.
Taiwanese Culture Minister Li Yuan told local media on Saturday that TaiwanPlus had removed the video after telling the channel “the problem was very serious.”
The Public Television Service Foundation, which runs TaiwanPlus, said Monday that the network had “humbly reviewed its procedures.” The foundation said it would convene a “self-discipline” committee this week to “discuss the matter.”
TaiwanPlus broadcasts videos on its site, on Youtube and on cable. More than 90% of its audience is outside Taiwan according to the foundation. In 2023, TaiwanPlus began streaming in hotels across the United States, in “key cities frequented by political and economic elites, such as Washington, D.C., New York, Los Angeles and Seattle,” the foundation said.
