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The U.S. also limits foreign control of its media.
by Ferrotin 4y ago
The U.S. also limits foreign control of its media.
- seanmcdirmid 4y ago> The government banning _Wired_ because it contained a critical article immediately confirms so much of the criticism. and then > The U.S. also limits foreign control of its media. Beyond an attempt at a what aboutism, I'm not sure how these two statements are really connected. Just because Xinhua can't purchase Foxnews (which is ironically controlled by an Australian), the USA government lacks the legal power to ban anything except maybe child porn.
- Ferrotin 4y agoWired is foreign media in Singapore. This isn’t what-about-ism — I am defending Singapore’s practice of banning foreign media that decides to have a say in how the country should be run.