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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Free press as in free for capitalists to write their lies in? No thanks. State press only pls.

[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 2 days ago

Free press doesn't refer to the business model for the press organizations. Free press means that press organizations are not prevented from reporting topics, like the government. Yes, there are plenty of garbage oligarchic press organizations in countries like the US, England, Europe etc, but they have also many truely useful organizations such as community press, school press (university) and expert groups (like scientific organizations)

State press in authoritarian countries function the same as capitalist press in capitalist countries, because the capitalists control the state in the capitalist parts of the world.

What is important is that censorship from the state/money doesn't limit the press from informing the population - because transparency is how you fight corruption and incompetence, regardless of the nature of the state.