The Daily Populous Sunday September 7th, 2025 morning edition
Authored by pravda.com.ua and submitted by HopeVinekiss

The Reuters news agency has removed a four-minute video of Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussing the possibility of a person living to 150 years of age.

Details: Chinese state television CCTV withdrew legal permission to use the footage and demanded its removal.

The footage was taken during a military parade in Beijing marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. A microphone picked up this conversation between the leaders.

Reuters edited and distributed the four-minute video to over a thousand international media outlets, including the world's leading television networks. Other agencies licensed by CCTV distributed similar materials.

After CCTV's lawyers requested its take down, Reuters removed the video from its website and sent an official notice to its customers about the withdrawal of the material. The letter stated that the license terms had been exceeded and criticised the "editorial treatment applied to this material," but it did not provide any details.

Reuters withdrew the video because it no longer had legal permission to publish this copyrighted content. However, the agency emphasised that it defends the accuracy of the published content and sees no violation of its standards of impartial journalism.

Chinese state media and the Chinese Embassy in Washington did not reply to Reuters’ request for comment. Nevertheless, the story of Putin and Xi's conversation has already been widely spread in the global media and on social media.

"We stand by the accuracy of what we published. We have carefully reviewed the published footage, and we have found no reason to believe Reuters longstanding commitment to accurate, unbiased journalism has been compromised," Reuters wrote.

Background: A microphone accidentally recorded a conversation between Putin and Xi during a military parade in Beijing about how to live to 150.

Gawkhimmyz on September 6th, 2025 at 15:21 UTC »

still easy to find online

Dvd280 on September 6th, 2025 at 15:21 UTC »

The irony of china claiming copyright lol

abdulkayemmiskat on September 6th, 2025 at 15:03 UTC »

When even Reuters has to delete a video because of pressure, it shows how powerful media control has become. Free press shouldn’t be negotiable in today’s world.