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Fact check: was Karen Wang mistranslated by the media?

Mornings with Simi

English - January 18, 2019 20:48 - 5 minutes - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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Former Liberal candidate in Burnaby South, Karen Wang, told the Lynda Steele Show yesterday that her controversial WeChat post had been 'misinterpreted’ and ‘mistranslated’ by the media in its reporting.

The Simi Sara Show decided to fact check this. We asked the StarMetro Vancouver for more information on the translation they published, and referred Wang's WeChat post to our own Global News translators.

Our podcast reveals what we found out.

Former Liberal candidate in Burnaby South, Karen Wang, told the Lynda Steele Show yesterday that her controversial WeChat post had been 'misinterpreted’ and ‘mistranslated’ by the media in its reporting.


The Simi Sara Show decided to fact check this. We asked the StarMetro Vancouver for more information on the translation they published, and referred Wang's WeChat post to our own Global News translators.


Our podcast reveals what we found out.