False, Idiotic, and Unbelievable
Mark Heide: "The degree of censorship is only relative to your ideology. In a democratic and capitalist system you, as a US citizen, could view the former Pravda from the cold war era as 100% censorship. The citizens of a socialist society do not view it that way. Their press reflects the views of a collective society working together."
This is utter horseshit: their press reflected the iron control of a totalitarian government...with no dissidence permitted. It didn't reflect the views of the people because the people weren't allowed to express alternate views.
Mark Heide: "So degrees of censorship or even self-censorship can only be measured by your ideology."
Or by the government arresting and executing you for opening your mouth. How's THAT for an alternate ideology?
What planet do you live on, anyway?
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