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2022-01-30 The Grand Turk

Erdogan threatens to punish Turkish media over 'harmful content'

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Posted by trailing wife 2022-01-30 01:14|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
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#1 As horrible as this is, is it really any different than what is going on world-wide? Even western countries "free press" is actively working to suppress information and opinions that are contrary to the official story.

Posted by Crusader 2022-01-30 03:03|| 2022-01-30 03:03|| Front Page Top

#2 ^ Not really. Reading this, I thought Erdogan's phrase about "violating national and moral values" could have been written by our own cultural Marxists.

Their cancel culture and Not-Who-We-Are-ism is of a piece with authoritarian governments' campaigns to stamp out dangerous foreign cultural influence.

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2022-01-30 07:30|| 2022-01-30 07:30|| Front Page Top

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