[djanogo]

"Unlike independent media, Russian state-sponsored media is highly censored and violations are punishable by jail time or worse. This makes it inherently more spammy relative to independent media. The same is true for all censored media."

US media is also heavily state biased, even worse, pharmaceutical companies sponsor media. Government controlled media is not "inherently spammy", sure it's very biased, but it's disingenuous to censor them under spam guise.

The media that he believes in, and controls who needs to be censored is "unbiased".

[58028641]

The US has a 1st amendment that protects the press. Russian state media must publish blatantly false propaganda. This does not mean that all US news is accurate, but Russia state media is legally required to be inaccurate. I think this is sufficient reason for censorship.

[guilhas]

The US gov banned RT. So I guess it just protects some press

Also YouTube channels, Facebook pages... All banned... At some point even the 'rt.com' was unaccessible

Even worse, CNN is still allowed is to transmit in Russia

Same applies to EU, UK, BBC...

[58028641]

When/how did the US ban RT? I am in the US and just verified I was able to visit rt.com.

Also Russia basically banned real news: https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/04/media/bbc-cnn-russia-putin-me...

[guilhas]

Possibly to do with sanctions

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT_America

> "The network was removed from the services offered by DirecTV on March 1, 2022, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with Ora Media pausing production on several shows it produced for RT America.[19] Dish Network dropped the channel on March 4.[20]"

RT America ceases productions and lays off most of its staff https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/03/media/rt-america-layoffs/...

At same time in EU and UK

EU officials defend move to ban RT and Sputnik amid censorship claims https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/03/08/eu-officials-d...

UK regulator Ofcom revokes RT’s license to broadcast https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-regulator-ofcom-revokes-r...

> Also Russia basically banned real news:

They suspended themselves probably to make a point about of the new law, but at least BBC resumed broadcasting

BBC to resume English language reporting in Russia https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/mar/08/bbc-resume-eng...

Rt.com was down for some days. Only accessible by Tor or some VPNs https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30466791

[sidibe]

They are all free to broadcast in Russia... if they adhere to Russias censorship rules.

[badkmw]

Why are you only quoting the US constitution without also quoting the Russian constitution?

[58028641]

Why would the Russian constitution be relevant? Journalists in Russia often end up dead.

https://www.politifact.com/article/2016/jan/04/does-vladimir...

[guilhas]

Exactly they are all free and independent but somehow their message is exactly the same. In EU, US, UK, all media TV channels very similar

There was no TV channel calling the Iraq war other than freedom for the Iraqi people, or security for the US/UK

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cNUCD4F4T1c

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5BwxI_l84dc

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WejYdT3Lof8

It could be Putin speaking