With protests raging across China over its zero-covid policy,\u00a0Bloomberg\u00a0and others have noticed that Chinese Central Television (CCTV) broadcasts from Qatar appear to be avoiding footage showing thousands of maskless fans. Here\u2019s a good side-by-side example: CCTV on the left. (via<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nSo I thought it was BS that China\u2019s govt broadcaster was censoring shots of fans at the World Cup due to lockdown anger back home. But it\u2019s true.
\nHere are live feeds from SBS & CCTV (which has a 32 second delay). As \u2066@DreyerChina<\/a>\u2069 explained, CCTV avoids crowd close ups: pic.twitter.com\/wWui0cTdkC<\/a><\/p>\n\u2014 Bill Birtles (@billbirtles) November 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nSome people still refusing to see this, so decided to track it. Within a minute, there was this: close-up shots of Canadian and Croatian fans on BBC\/international feed, replaced by a solo shot of Canadian coach John Herdman on CCTV. pic.twitter.com\/V3DZRjHrzk<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Mark Dreyer (@DreyerChina) November 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"