and injuring three. meanwhile civilians fleeing the besieged city of mariupol have been told to get to safety on their own. that s because buses can t goy through a washed out section of the road through zaporizhzhia. the u.s. now confirms two ukrainian missiles sunk the russian ship. at least some of its surviving crew members arrived at the port at sabatapol friday. nic robertson explains how the top news program tried to bury the lead. reporter: russia s biggest naval loss in a generation hidden by propaganda state tv. top story on russia s most
hidden by propaganda state tv. top story on the most watched primetime news show, gas exports. anchors railing against the west. almost half an hour later, the first mention of russia s prestigious prized black sea fleet flagship, the moskva, they ve buried the lead and now lie about it, caming it s afloat, there s open no open fire, ammunition explosions are contained. it s another six hours, near midnight, most russians asleep, when russia s military finally acknowledge what ukrainian officials have been saying for hours, that the $750 million, according to forbes ukraine, nuclear-capable guided missile cruiser has sunk. it s not the first russian naval ship the ukrainians say they ve hit. march 24th claiming to have destroyed an amphibious assault
up shop in the you nighted arab emirates, for example. that s supposed to be an ally of the xwrunited states. i don t love about hearing india stepping up purchases of russian oil or russian diamonds being laundered through the gulf states or israel to reach the united states. all of these things have been sanctioned on paper. it s hard work to actually enforce them and make sure that all of these third countryiies around the world are chooses the right side. congressman tom malinowski, thanks for being with us today. thank you. russia is going to great lengths to downplay the sink of that russian warship. on russian state media, there was no mention of the sinking of the ship, and they were fed lies about what happened. reporter: russia s biggest naval loss in a generation
news. it cites several examples of how the conservative cable news network and its kosy relationship with the president has created the closest thing the u.s. has come to to having propaganda state tv. brian is the host of reliable sources, bill carter is a cnn media analyst. good to have you with us. we were talking briefly in the break, a lot of this was sort of known or at least alluded to by a lot of people, but it s the decht depth of reporting this the piece, thee pages in this article and the details that really set up this relationship. where it s clear, it s a symbiotic relationship between the president and fox news. they need and feed one another. making the case this could be called not state run tv, by state supported, state sponsored television. they have an ape license we haven t seen before. never. maybe a democratic president would dream of having this some day with msnbc, but never happened before. i thought it was funny. the comparison was james
standing taller than ever on the world stage. that was produced by our friends at the daily show on comedy central. it is extraordinary. when north korea is a capitalist paradise free of nuclear weapons and there s a thriving free market media economy, those three guys, hannity, dobbs, perot, they could be big in north korea. they could be. they could be big. what does it say, though, phil rucker, that that s where the parallels can be drawn? i don t think you can make a mash of any of the anchors in france or the uk right now meshing so neatly with the commentary from north korea s state-run media. yeah. well, it s worth remembering, nicolle, when trump was on the trip to singapore, he actually watched some of north korea s propaganda state tv and remarked to aides that he thought that the anchor lady was saying such nice things about kim, that he