m II wrote:

Al Patrick wrote:

Just out of curiosity, how would that stop those of us with
shortwave radios from tuning into foreign newscasts and finding
out what's going on?



Therein might lie the key!


The US government recently shutting down independent news web sites
around the world doesn't look too good either. This is what a Stalinist
state does, not the home of Jefferson, Franklin and all the others...

Can you post some sources of these independent news web sites around the
world being shut down by the US government?