The difference is that you can still see first hand reports from individuals in Russia. But all media in the state has to repeat what government says or be banned like Echo of Moscow. Since this morning individuals will be jailed too, but I doubt it would be impossible to find someone defying this new law.
It usually always possible to see the negative aspects of the other side. After all, that's what your side wants you to see.
But it's hard to see the negative aspects of your side.
For instance, did you know that the Ukrainians essentially executed an Israeli civilian at a checkpoint because they though he was Chechen? Our media pick and choose what they report and how they report it.
Thank you for saying this. I really can't stand the "west good, everyone else bad" arrogance I see here sometimes. Western rulers lie to their people too!
As an exercise, search for "the ghost of kyiv" and then try to imagine what the headlines would look like if it were a actually a fake russian story about a russian pilot instead of a ukrainian one.