US TV media is controlled, corporate/oligarch media that operates in a public space with permission of political authorities.
How is this any different from what Putin does in Russia?
“How is this any different from what Putin does in Russia?”
Putin loves his country.
No apparent difference I can see. The only change I’d make to your statement is, instead of “with permission of political authorities” I would say “at the direction of political authorities”.
We may learn about specific leaks, but in my opinion, it happens all the time, day in and day out, people (I’ll stop short of calling them traitors) within the government share information with friends in the media for the purpose of controlling and directing national policy.