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I know the following is somewhat naive / oversimplified; but it is a good thought provoker.

You can't advertise a product that is misleading or dangerous, and yet there are no such limitations (or even warnings!) on the media? Maybe media reporting should have warnings on it like medicine advertising.

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Well, ye. There's always elite classes with special rules. Social media is pushed to censor 'misinformation' while news media can lie all day. Entertainment media need to clearly label product placements, news media can make 'sponsored content' nearly indistinguishable from the other content. If you have a blog with 'questionable' content you can be fined, news media can have 'opinion' columns advocating for genocide and there's no issue. If you get arrested at a riot, you can just say you're a journalist and you'll likely be let go as they don't want to bother with the potential outrage..

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