[spydum]

I can't help but observe that substantial movement of pressure and criticism in the US around biased journalism, and fake news is shifting the narrative (or preparing it) for state-controlled media. We thought it was bad before, and social media and independent journalism was supposed to be the underdog here to help usurp those big-corp biases.. but it turned out to be the exact opposite. So whats left? big government to step in and defend us helpless civilians, and make sure we only recieve official state truth. I hope I am wrong.

[openasocket]

Universities in the US (and most other countries) need accreditation to be considered universities and to qualify to education grants and the like. That doesn't mean that all universities are state-run, only providing a government-approved curriculum. There's lots of controls you can put in place to limit government control. In the case of university accreditation, the government generally gives the responsibility to a handful of NGOs, along with regional bodies.