@augustus Police and press are very different. The former has the ability to repress where as the later has only the ability of misleading. Misleading can be fought against by raising voices, writing own versions of truth, pursuing people through dialogue. But repression cannot be easily fought against.
@augustus @aseem The difference is that one uses words and the other uses violence. If information ministries are in war with each other it allows people to pick which perspective they prefer (i.e think for themselves). The more point of views there are the more freedom there is in that selection. For the police it's just who ever has the biggest stick makes the rules. Freedom is decreased because now there are more sets of rules and a higher incentive for using it to increase an individual or organizations power.
