Freedom House has analyzed hundreds of leaked directives of the CCP CC's Propaganda Department, including all of those from 2016 that were available in China Digital Times collection as of December 1. A total of 86 were found in 2016 to have ordered “negative” actions, such as deleting an article, declining to send reporters to cover a news event, or closing the relevant comment sections on websites. Another eight directives ordered strictly “positive” actions to promote the party line, such as covering specific topics or using only copy from the official Xinhua news agency on a given story.