CCTV FOLLIES 2.1 Xi wants Putin to win

-Under Xi's command, CCTV heavily favors Russia -Kremlin gets daily airtime on the top news show -"Russia bombs Ukraine" a regular feature -Ukraine response inept -China, so sweet and wonderful!

Incendiary shots of Russia blasting away at Ukraine with cruel indifference are a standard feature of Xinwen Lianbo news, aired daily for almost a year now.

See the Follies in slideshow format here

Xi Jinping, perhaps the most prolific freelance writer in the whole world, has another piece out today. It's about his many accomplishments.

CCTV "soft-touch" human interest stories are not without political undertones, but the year of the rabbit scarf is cute and cuddly.