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		Workaccount2 on Feb 7, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Paperwall: Chinese websites posing as local news o... The difference is that American media isn't owned by the government. Chinese media can't tell the government to "fuck off" if they don't want to report something. In the US they can.

aurareturn on Feb 8, 2024 [–]

You’re delusional if you don’t think the US government controls the media. It does so in an indirect way but it does.

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