Freedom of the press is actually a bit of a sick joke.
Only now the internet has arrived, are we seeing true freedom. Anyone can report and the user can choose what to read and believe.
Before that the press was actually as controlled as it could be, with a few people owning all the media really.
The internet is scaring governments, because the people no longer get spoon fed the info they want them to have! All the overt fascist/close regimes are blocking it, now the covert ones are trying to do the same.
They will argue that it is bad because the enemy use it. Well sorry, ANYONE can use it and if your argument doesn't hold up, then perhaps your argument is wrong.
I think we have seen a similar attitude a little closer to home.
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