CCTV FOLLIES 4.4 China's dusty justice
Xi plants a tree -Children stand in the rain watching in awe as Xi exits limo, plants tree and leaves -Finland in NATO -Russian warning -Trump arrives in NY -CCTV's crew captures divisive US mood
Today’s top news story is Xi, of course, a hearty photo-op in the rain. CCTV’s cameras devote an undue amount of attention to the tree-planter-in-chief, showing him shovel it from several different angles. The camera loves the figure in the rainjacket and black cap, only now and then turning to the sad, soaking wet kids in the crowd.
The middle section of the news is the usual stock footage of venerated objects and red flags, technical might and rosy sunsets celebrating the brilliance of Xi Jinping thought. This includes a section in which the “dusting off” of Chinese justice is another way of saying it’s time to correct deviation. The signature image of the segment, included on top, shows a red flag, clearly in focus, while the scales of justice are blurred to the point of being amorphous.
The foreign news slot starts with the usual Russian rockets over Ukraine, then blames US and NATO for the conflic…