This. US is readying to defend Taiwan. Government is obviously going to make sure no significant channels exist to go around its own propaganda.
Especially if the channel has ties to China.
Especially if the channel has ties to China.
(I should obviously take my own advice and add something more substantial to this comment, but the idea that are multiple sides in an war, with different goals, tactics, and with different stakes, is so trivial and self-evident that I'm feeling very silly commenting on it)