Comments by "Nigel Johnson" (@nigeljohnson9820) on "What is Russia's new 'fake news' law all about? | Euronews answers" video.

  1. In politics truth is often in the eyes of the beholder and rather subjective. The label fake news maybe used to suppress valid criticism in an example of state censorship. The term is most often used by President Trump to deflect criticism away from his alleged misdeeds. Free speech is vital to hold those in power to account. In any information war the balance of power favours the state over the citizen, the greater the secrecy of the state the greater the imbalance. If the state makes asking question about its action illegal by labeling the question as fake news, it will be able to get away with anything.
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