[Political Junkie Too]

Answered in the article:

Mr. Jacobson acknowledged the absence of humor in communist regimes. He continued: "The more monocratic the regime, the less it can bear criticism.

-PJ

[henkster]

The more monocratic the regime, the less it can bear criticism.

While I suspect the previous regime was highly monocratic, we'll never know how really monocratic it was, because their lackeys in the media never offered any criticism.