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But regulated media is also a shit show!

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You just need accountable media.

Torture or murder on a live Facebook stream? You hold Facebook accountable.

Like what?

Take a juicy corruption story to the media and watch them refuse to engage. All of them.

There are things they are allowed to talk about, and things they are not.

It’s been refined over many decades to maintain public ignorance

That Epstein or Enron type scandal you see in the media is tip of iceberg of what is not published.

Pravda is the most famous example

UK “D-notices” are another great example

And the Sedition Act, as well as the Comstock Act

Aren't the UK's D-notices advisory. I thought they could be (and often are) ignored by media outlets. I don't think they warrant a mention alongside Pravda.

True, I suppose UK “super injunctions” would be more apt, although the D-notice system has been used multiple times to successfully prevent information from reaching the public.

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