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 | type			= website
 | shortcut		= WP:CGTN
 | status		= d
 | last			= 2025
 | domain1		= cgtn.com

 | rfc			= [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 312#RFC: China Global Television Network|Rfc]]
 | rfcdate		= 2020

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== Summary ==
China Global Television Network was deprecated in the 2020 RfC for publishing false or fabricated information. Many editors consider CGTN a propaganda outlet, and some editors express concern over CGTN's [[China Global Television Network#Broadcasting of forced confessions|airing of forced confessions]]. CGTN was formerly known as CCTV International prior to 2017, and [[China Central Television]] (CCTV) channels that are not under CGTN are not deprecated. See [[List of China Media Group channels]] for a list of CCTV and CGTN channels.

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== Discussions ==
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=== Links ===

==== RSN ====
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* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 293#CGTN (China Global Television Network)]]

* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 311#"CGTN" and "CGTN America", both Chinese media outlets]]

* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 317#Mass removal of content on China-related articles]]

* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 322#CGTN as a medium of English translations of Xinhua]]

* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 325#Inline citation for deprecated CCTV]]

* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 335#CGTN and potentially fake French journalist]]

* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 468#Possible uses of deprecated sources (in some contexts): Baidu Baike and China Central Television (CCTV)]]

* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 487#CCTV and CRI english for Angus Tung]]

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=== Recency ===
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=== Rfcs ===
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# 2020 [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 312#RFC: China Global Television Network|Rfc]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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| China Global Television Network was deprecated in the 2020 RfC for publishing false or fabricated information. Many editors consider CGTN a propaganda outlet, and some editors express concern over CGTN's [[China Global Television Network#Broadcasting of forced confessions|airing of forced confessions]]. CGTN was formerly known as CCTV International prior to 2017, and [[China Central Television]] (CCTV) channels that are not under CGTN are not deprecated. See [[List of China Media Group channels]] for a list of CCTV and CGTN channels.
| {{WP:RSPUSES|cgtn.com}}
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