>>... The difference between the state controlled media and the corporate media is diminishing daily - they just have different agenda, the M.O. is pretty much the same. And yes, there are truly free media, which are truly powerless, being limited in reach to only those who are looking for them on the web.
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>I believe the state and the media are both controlled, both by the same entities, maybe not to the same extent. Of course, to really "know" this, you'd have to be at the very top of those entities. Even then, I have no doubt it will be impossible to disclose all the relevant facts.

Well the fact that stories are 'passed by' authorities, who then sometimes force withholding of the story (sometimes for a year), strongly suggests that you are correct.