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Comment by jabberwcky | Hacker News Reader

Because it is at odds with the grand idea of a beautiful open network and free flow of information^W^W^W^W^W^W^W^W US-centric media machine governed by US law and exclusively celebrating US culture and western propaganda

You are likely to find all kinds of explanations on this thread, but ultimately I believe the root cause is the above.

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Please don't take HN threads further into nationalistic or ideological flamewar. It makes discussion less curious, more tedious, and nastier. Instead, please make your substantive points thoughtfully and without that.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Substantively, this is a battle between a US media powerhouse and a sovereign nation over control of its local media. This isn't "ideological flamewar", it is an inescapable reality underpinning the case.

There's the underlying issue and then there's the separate question of whether you posted a thoughtful comment or a flamewar comment about it. You posted a flamewar comment. We don't want those here.

Any substantive point you have to make can be made thoughtfully, and will have a better impact in favor of your argument. It's actually not in your interest to make a point like this snarkily and provocatively. People do that for a little temporary venting relief, but it harms their own view in other people's eyes, in addition to harming the commons. So please don't do that.

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