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It's a matter of degrees. At least in most capitalist countries the press, no matter how emasculated, still functions as a check on corruption to some degree.
by cageface 10y ago
It's a matter of degrees. At least in most capitalist countries the press, no matter how emasculated, still functions as a check on corruption to some degree.
Communist/socialist countries tend to control the press, and hush up exposés of corruption, which makes it much worse.
- SixSigma 10y agoThe Obama administration has secured 526 months of prison time for national security leakers, versus only 24 months total jail time for everyone else since the American Revolution. http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2015/05/obama-has-sentenced-whistleblowers-to-31-times-the-jail-time-of-all-prior-u-s-presidents-combined.html http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2015/05/obama-has-sentenced-w...
- cageface 10y agoSure the press in the US is currently in a pretty bad state. But after living in a communist country for the last five years I can tell you for a fact it can get much worse.
- lhopki01 10y agoCapitalism has nothing to do with freedom of the press.