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> government can control the news, which is a potentially worse scenario!

Many people think journalistic power should be open to anybody while physical power should be under government monopoly.

Yet a story, widely circulated, can ruin a life as thoroughly as a bullet to the kneecap.

If you think governments should monopolize sources of dangerous power, why not support a government monopoly on journalism?



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