Commercially available voter data is not the same thingSecurity experts previously told Just the News that commercially available voter data is not the same thing, as the intelligence documents show Beijing obtained sensitive information like phone numbers not in the sold data. At the time, The New York Times told VOA that it had stopped accepting branded content ads from state-run media outlets like China Daily. U.S. media self-censoring to curry favor with ChinaIn the past, some media outlets have reportedly self-censored their reporting in order to avoid angering Beijing. In 2013, The New York Times reported that Bloomberg News killed investigative stories into financial ties between top Chinese leaders and the wealthiest men in China. Under Chinese media law, the display of the Taiwan flag is illegal.