Without defending what happened in this case surely there's a very big difference between a government that chooses to withhold information from the media and one that actively prevents/controls what the media can publish?

>I'm trying to recall what it is called when the government controls (censors) the media and the release of information to the public? Oh that's right: (comment withheld to avoid antagonizing the sensitive, ok, decided to go ahead: Fascism - although that can be a part of communism as well)
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>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101006/ap_on_re_us/us_gulf_oil_spill_2
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>I guess providing the information to the public on the worst case scenario of the number of gallons released (which came to pass anyway) would have been what, a national security threat?
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>Where is Dragan and his conspiracy theories? They are coming true...