censored news
Information under restriction
Censored news is information that has been suppressed, altered, or blocked from publication by authorities, institutions, or platforms.
The term often carries an accusatory edge—calling something censored news implies illegitimate control over what people can know: The government doesn't want you to see this censored news.
In practice, the phrase appears more often in claims about censorship than in neutral descriptions of it.
- suppressedForcibly held down
- redactedOfficially removed from view
- bannedOfficially disallowed
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- state mediaGovernment-run news organizations
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- State Mediastate broadcaster, state TV, state radio, national broadcaster, public broadcaster
- war propagandawar posters, propaganda films, Soviet propaganda, patriotic imagery, demonization
censored newsfree press
Journalism without censorship
independent journalism · press freedom · free speech · independent media · samizdat
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