[alisonatwork]

I find this to be one of the most insidious side-effects of press censorship under authoritarian regimes - it seems to create an ecosystem of resistance media that is just as biased as the government propaganda.

A similar thing happens with China through stuff like Epoch Times or Guo Wengui's channel. The outlets that position themselves as strong opposition to the regime are themselves untrustworthy sources, which ironically just serves to bolster the position of the regime. ("See? You can't trust anything! Even in so-called free countries all the news is fake!" etc)

Do you have any recommendations for media organizations that are doing reliable reporting on Turkey but aren't propaganda fronts for one faction or the other?

[pjc50]

Yeah, this was a serious problem in Egypt where the post-Arab Spring elected goverment was less liberal than the military dictatorship.