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Considering the revolving door between mainstream journalists and the intelligence services, it’s essentially state owned media but with extra steps. And that ignores the role of the government and social media company crackdowns. “Freedom of speech*” *see terms and conditions.

The government can’t outright ban speech so they control the narrative via private third parties instead.

Capitalism is just super efficient like that /s

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