Journalists don't look further than their noses. The truth is that vast majority of governments restrict freedom on much much larger scale. It is stupid to expect that government in your country is any different.
National exceptionalism leads many to believe that their country is in fact different than all of those others. Its always useful to be reminded that your own country isn't so special and that your dealing with exactly the same garbage as every one else.
Journalists don't look further than their noses. The truth is that vast majority of governments restrict freedom on much much larger scale. It is stupid to expect that government in your country is any different.