What did they expect if it was Pentagon sponsored rather than independent?
They can always post to r/WarsAndGripes.
They can always post to r/WarsAndGripes.
A free press is one of the core tenets of a democracy. The government supporting that was not just unremarkable, before the current regime it was expected. This is not normal. Nobody in this administration is normal, and none of then seem to actually want to live in a democratic society.
I don't disagree with your point; I'm just seeing it for what it is.
Is it shocking that this is changing under Trump? I guess not, but that isn't because this is a normal state of affairs, it is because the US is rapidly sliding into full blown authoritarianism.