> It's not people setting the tone of journalism and media in China, it's the media that is doing that. Except in China it's not the media itself setting the t

> It's not people setting the tone of journalism and media in China, it's the media that is doing that. Except in China it's not the media itself setting the tone, it's the authorities who give it commands that it has no choice but to obey. Who gives the American media its commands? Its customers, the people. But it's different because the media also has the choice not to obey, which spreads the responsibility for the outcome between both groups, instead of concentrating it in one or the other.