CCTV FOLLIES 1.2 JAPAN IN THE NEWS
The only news today is foreign and it's all bad -China's domestic news is nothing but platitudes and propaganda, consisting of re-runs of Xi's greatest hits and reactions to his "epic" New Year speech
The earthquake in Ishikawa, Japan continues to get top coverage in the foreign news slot, with numerous reports from NHK and CCTV, followed by news of a fiery jet crash in Tokyo.
The earthquake in the Noto region was reportedly 7.6 magnitude on the Japanese scale with a death toll of 48 at the time of broadcast.
Dramatic footage of Japan Airlines jet landing, colliding and catching on fire after runway collision with smaller plane at Haneda airport.
(All passengers were safely evacuated)
The report from Gaza relies heavily on Hamas footage showing attacks on IDF.
A senior Hamas leader killed in Israeli drone strike in Lebanon.
The Red Sea bottleneck is in the news again.
File footage of a ship traversing Red Sea reflecting China’s concern about its shipping.
The pro-Russia Ukraine special operation news segment opens, unusually, with pictures of Ukraine, but it’s not good news for Ukraine.
Kiev is bombed, and Kharkiv, too.
“Ukraine acknowledges being bombed, Russia has no comment on this matter.”
Emergency vehicle at scene of bombing in Kharkiv
The pro-Kremlin footage is short and lacklustre today, but it’s not clear if this reflects a CCTV editorial shift (unlikely) or just patchy editing job.
Ukraine footage is always lacklustre, so today’s shots from Ukraine side are the usual.
Lee Jae-myung, South Korea’s opposition leader, is stabbed on the street in Busan.
It is unusual for CCTV to show graphic pictures of a leader in an awkward situation, let alone under attack, although the rules are looser for foriegn leaders and similar coverage could be seen when Japan’s Abe Shinzo was shot on the street in Nara.
The day’s gloomy foreign news closes with scenes of conflict in Sudan.
Zai jian!
(Today’s domestic news was full of re-runs of Xi’s greatest hits. This footage will be used in a later issue to show how the Xi personality cult is stoked and maintained.)
