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Except that we have free speech in this country, so Fox can be, and is, heavily and freely criticized freely all the time.

And because we have free speech, there are multiple alternatives that act as checks and balances across our culture as a whole.

In other words, comparing Fox to the media situation in China or Russia is just ridiculous and irresponsible.




In other words, comparing Fox to the media situation in China or Russia is just ridiculous and irresponsible.

The point of "comparing" anything to anything else is to see how the things are alike, and how they differ, as in "compare and contrast." If such comparisons are to be verboten, even if by stigma and not by fiat, then we are giving up an essential tool of understanding.


Let's look up definitions of compare.

https://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Acompare&ie=utf-8&oe...

I'm using it in a valid way, and not in the way you suggest, and it's clear from context which meaning I am using.


That may be the meaning you are using, but that's not what the other commenters are doing.




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