Huh? - Communists cracking down on media?

From Drudge:

China Launches New Crackdown on Media
BEIJING (AP) - China announced Wednesday that it would carry out a wide-ranging crackdown on "false news" and illegal publications ahead of the ruling Communist Party's most important meeting in five years.

The crackdown, to run through mid-October, appears aimed at ratcheting up the Communist Party's already tight media controls to prevent any disruptions that would marring the 17th Party Congress. The party tries to tightly control the media in China and is sensitive to any criticism of its grip on power or questions about its top leaders.

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Say it ain't so, Comrade. What cracks me up is that American "jourrrrrnalists" can say whatever they want -- they love Castro, Chavez, -- any commie. Most of the media wants America to be communist (although they call it "progressive".) And yet all commie regimes eventually "crack down on the media."

I mean -- are these people masochists? They want to be "cracked down on?" Or is it just that "the ironing is delicious." (Bart Simpson)

Our founding fathers thought "Freedom of the press" was important.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost. Author: Thomas Jefferson

Jefferson said this knowing that the press was not an honest institution nor likely was it ever to become honest -- but he knew that the freedom was necessary.

The Klown thinks that Jefferson was under the impression that the American people -- being thankful for thier liberty -- would pay close attention to the press and ensure they checked on their facts enough to separate wheat from the chaff. Ha HAHAAAAAA.

From what the Klown sees, the American people allow the press to lead them by the nose-ring. How many Americans do you know think the media can't "say something unless it is true?"