Meanwhile on the International front....

There was nothing in there to doubt that should make anyone thing he wasn't simply reporting what he saw. It kind of comports with what anyone would have thought it would look like in Rafah right now. And that was with him being led around on a leash by an Israeli military liaison who was trying to manage the coverage. I thought he did a good job.

You could disagree with his analysis / conclusions (which is actually in the headline more than in the story), but even there I thought he did a good job of it: "This is what the Israelis are saying," "This is what you are getting from Hamas," "This is what global public opinion has been," "This is what I think based on what I see firsthand."

I actually wish way more of the coverage was like that. The "coverage," if you can call it that, has been really propaganda heavy.

 

Chinese social media has been abuzz about Xi Jinping having a stroke at a CCP meeting and local Chinese media is confirming it.

 

It may be "fake news." Im still waiting for confirmation beyond the squawk I heard (someone reading headlines) early this morning. I assumed it was legit, because they usually are only reporting things from legit news sources. I'm sorry if I passed along a rumor that isn't true. I try to be careful about that.

 

There are unconfirmed rumours that Chinese President Xi Jinping had a stroke | Forexlive

This is from a Google News Search.

"These reports, evidently originated from a YouTube blog from dissident Jennifer Zeng, who has previously floated rumours about a coup and Xi's arrest before. Despite that, they have been doing the rounds in Chinese and Russian social media for a few hours. I'm reluctant to even report on them but there is a chance that Chinese markets move on them. I certainly don't believe them.