invasion even started. the memo directed staff not to publish anything negative about r russia or pro-west. cnn research has found china's major state media outlets appear to be following that play book. of the most retweeted more than 46% contained pro-russia comments compared to less than 5% with pro-ukraine statements. roughly 35% of the posts included attacks on the u.s. and its allies. with reports by russia state media outlets being banned in western nations and moskow enacting its own great firewall to censor chinese state media is spreading misinformation on-air around the clock.