State Co-optation: The Systematic Takeover of Media

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A quiet assault on press freedom is occurring through state-backed media co-optation and regulatory takeovers. Instead of launching overt crackdowns, governments use corporate proxies to buy out independent media houses, instantly converting critical newsrooms into state propaganda mouthpieces. Simultaneously, highly biased state regulatory boards weaponize licensing laws to choke dissenting channels.

Bharat Media Association unmasks this sophisticated capture of the media landscape, warning that when independent outlets are systematically co-opted, the public is left with nothing but synchronized government narratives, erasing all true democratic oversight.

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