media outlets reposted the alert, a hash, russia says zelenskyy has left kyiv, later got 510 million views on chinese social media. and yet it was not true. most damning, an internal memo from beijing news surfaced online two days before the russian invasion even started. the memo directed staff not to publish anything negative about russia or pro-west. it was mistakenly posted on the outlet s social media account before being set to private and eventually deleted. cnn research has found that china s major state media outlets appear to be following that playbook. of the most retweeted posts, 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
and yet, it was not true. perhaps most damning? an internal memo purportedly from state-run publication beijing news surfaced online two days before the russian invasion even started. the memo directed staff not to publish anything negative about russia or pro-west. it was mistakenly posted on the outlet s social media account before being set to private and eventually deleted. cnn research has found that china s major state media outlets appear to be following that playbook of the most retweeted posts from february 24th through march 3rd, 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 s state media outlets being banned in many western nations, and moscow enacting its own great firewall to sensor dissenting voices domestically, chinese state media is spreading and amplifying putin s narrative on
the country, and the video was prerecorded. less than 15 minutes later, cctv flashed a news alert claiming zelenskyy has left kyiv. initially without any acontr acontribution. more than 160 chinese state media outlets reposted the alert. a hash tag that says zelenskyy left kyiv later got 510 million views on chinese social media. and yet it was not true. perhaps most damning, an internal memo purportedly from state-run beijing news surfaced on line two days before the russian invasion even started. the memo directed staff not to publish anything negative about russia or pro west. it was mistakenly posted on the outlet s social media account before being set to private and eventually deleted. cnn research has found that china s major state media outlets appear to be following that playbook. of the most re-tweeted posts from february 24th through march 3rd, more than 46% contained
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.
country s national debt. it s simply skyrocketing. everybody, democrat, republican, everybody agrees something has to be done about the long term debt of the united states. how to deal with it is obviously an issue that s up for serious debate. we re going to hear about it in the upcoming hours and days but over the next several weeks. we ve got members of the best political team on television. all of our reporters and analysts. let s bring in our white house correspondent ed henry. if you take a look at the latest cnn research opinion poll, it says which approach of the budget do you prefer? this poll was obviously done before the president released his which is about to be released. obama, 48%. republicans, 43%. you can see how divided the country is and how to deal with this issue of the national debt. it shouldn t come as any surprise that this whole debate comes on the heel the