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Yeah, state tv will reflect the quality of your state. But I doubt private media with comparable coverage does much better: if your state is corrupting state me
by SiempreViernes 7y ago
Yeah, state tv will reflect the quality of your state. But I doubt private media with comparable coverage does much better: if your state is corrupting state media it isn't likely to let significant private actors be.
- paganel 7y ago> if your state is corrupting state media it isn't likely to let significant private actors be. Not necessarily. Yes, it can corrupt and control a big part of the private-owned media too but there are always a couple of outlets which are relatively free of direct State control. There are very few exceptions (like China, which for this reason also is truly a dictatorial State) but afaik even Russia still has some independent and relatively critic outlets towards Putin and his people.
- SiempreViernes 7y agoI mean, just empirically we can say that those free media aren't significant enough to drive public opinion which is why the regime tolerates them.