I understand “cancel culture” and the impact of ESG in today’s capitalism but isn’t much of the American media industry a fundamental soft power asset? The Sovi

I understand “cancel culture” and the impact of ESG in today’s capitalism but isn’t much of the American media industry a fundamental soft power asset? The Soviets had strict control over such access because of this. Wouldn’t restricting access, specially for media that is mostly targeted to an already western friendly demographic, be more harmful than beneficial geopolitically wise?