China quarantines negative coronavirus news coverage

BEIJING — As cases continue to skyrocket within the country, Xi Jinping and his pals in Beijing have decided to clamp down on negative coverage over news media and online.<br />According to the failing New York Times, the Communist party is struggling to control the narrative about the crisis that has slammed the leaders like a serious case of the mexican beer thing. <br />The party was caught off guard by the flu's ugly cousin, which handled the initial outbreak in typical fashion—by shoving it under the rug. <br />And then when it blew up in their faces, when it was already too late, they put around 60 million people on total lockdown. <br />Now that Chinese citizens are getting increasingly pissed off, China's leaders are once again putting the screws on information.<br /><br />This after a short spell where news outlets were able to be quite straightforward about the tense situation, and negative comments about the clumsy official response were left uncensored online. <br />The failing Times reports that in recent days, both state-run media and more commercially minded outlets have been ordered to focus on positive stories. <br />Internet platforms have removed numerous articles criticizing the lazy-footed response by the Chinese government or painting the current situation in a negative light. <br />Unfortunately less actual information and more positive propaganda isn't going to make this problem go away. <br /><br />With thousands of new cases each day, many Chinese fear the spread is not being adequately contained—and they're dead right.