<story><title>A No. 1 hit vanished from Poland’s charts – it’s not going quietly</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/22/arts/music/poland-chart-song-removed.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>_visgean</author><text>The same thing can&amp;#x27;t really happen in US because US does not have state media. (Apart from funding Radio free Europe which can&amp;#x27;t operate in US.)</text></item><item><author>etrabroline</author><text>It always rubs me the wrong way when US media criticizes other countries as if the same things don&amp;#x27;t happen in the US. Why was  Phil Donahue fired?&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.huffpost.com&amp;#x2F;entry&amp;#x2F;phil-donahue-chris-matthews-msnbc-firing_n_2926643&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.huffpost.com&amp;#x2F;entry&amp;#x2F;phil-donahue-chris-matthews-m...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;What about Peter Arnett?&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.foxnews.com&amp;#x2F;story&amp;#x2F;nbc-severs-ties-with-journalist-peter-arnett&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.foxnews.com&amp;#x2F;story&amp;#x2F;nbc-severs-ties-with-journalis...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;But I guess the Americans have &amp;#x27;private&amp;#x27; media where &amp;#x27;market forces&amp;#x27; prevent criticism of US government policy.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Barrin92</author><text>The thing that public radio stations like this try to prevent &lt;i&gt;has already happened&lt;/i&gt; in the US. Which is bifurcation of news sources into partisan camps.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s just that American citizens don&amp;#x27;t see a problem with partisan information or censorship as long as it is privately served.</text></comment>
<story><title>A No. 1 hit vanished from Poland’s charts – it’s not going quietly</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/22/arts/music/poland-chart-song-removed.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>_visgean</author><text>The same thing can&amp;#x27;t really happen in US because US does not have state media. (Apart from funding Radio free Europe which can&amp;#x27;t operate in US.)</text></item><item><author>etrabroline</author><text>It always rubs me the wrong way when US media criticizes other countries as if the same things don&amp;#x27;t happen in the US. Why was  Phil Donahue fired?&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.huffpost.com&amp;#x2F;entry&amp;#x2F;phil-donahue-chris-matthews-msnbc-firing_n_2926643&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.huffpost.com&amp;#x2F;entry&amp;#x2F;phil-donahue-chris-matthews-m...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;What about Peter Arnett?&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.foxnews.com&amp;#x2F;story&amp;#x2F;nbc-severs-ties-with-journalist-peter-arnett&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.foxnews.com&amp;#x2F;story&amp;#x2F;nbc-severs-ties-with-journalis...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;But I guess the Americans have &amp;#x27;private&amp;#x27; media where &amp;#x27;market forces&amp;#x27; prevent criticism of US government policy.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tehjoker</author><text>&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Manufacturing_Consent&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Manufacturing_Consent&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;For those that don&amp;#x27;t like to read there&amp;#x27;s a brief animated YouTube introduction voiced by Amy Goodman of &amp;quot;Democracy Now!&amp;quot;:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=34LGPIXvU5M&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=34LGPIXvU5M&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;This theory, backed by enormous volumes of evidence and case studies, is very much worth a read. It explains how propaganda is instituted in the US without overt censorship.</text></comment>