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I can't think of a single country in the West that doesn't.
Apologies, didn't check before and thought you were the OP.
I'd say "they" might try? But no western country's government has an iron grip on what news is reported/propagated in their respective countries like China does.
Yeah, sure, it's not like capital accumulation in your bourgeois dictatorship has lead to consolidation and oligopolies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXfRDC2NKY0
I'm well aware, but, hey, we don't get thrown in prison for questioning our leaders or the reported stories.
Are you sure?
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-60852832
Oh look. Assange. Again. It's like when you click on a link hoping someone's been more clever than to try rickrolling again, but they haven't.
It's worth noting that there has been plenty of criticism from leading US journalism outlets over the handling of Assange's case. Answer honestly, would you ever see that in China?
Criticism of the handling of a journalist is not the same as criticism of war crimes and black ops carried out by the government. Assange was imprisoned because he was exposing the lies, deceptions and horrible actions the US empire was (is, of course, too) carrying out. Good luck finding information about China massacring civilians when they invade a country with an army and steal their resources. A hint, it's not going to happen.
Is that so? Then why do other journalistic outlets routinely get damning leaks without having legal action brought against them? Why is Assange the only example of a journalist prosecuted by the US that ever gets brought up?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yunis_Khatayer_Abbas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawed_Ahmad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_al-Hajj https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilal_Hussein_(photojournalist)
Thank you! Please, do bring those people up instead of Assange.
Are you trying to argue that China isn't a terrible, totalitarian state? What is your point, even? Chinese whataboutism is so obnoxious.
And Western whataboutism is so prolific you don't even know that you're doing it.
so...?
Why are you posting propaganda from Turning Point USA?
Yes, a meme is propaganda.
Turning Point USA is a right wing youth-oriented group associated with the Republican Party. When they say "liberal", they're referring to everyone who isn't a crazy right winger. If you want to share their content, fine. Just know that you're promoting right wingers.
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You can think, period. You only know what you're shown, and you're shown a bunch of bullshit.