It doesn't really matter if it's government owned or not, because censoring the right to express yourself, be it in paper, radio or TV is probably against any civilized constitution. What would the US's government argue when shutting down fox news? Something like "I don't agree with these guys therefore they can't express themselves, fuck the owner and fuck everyone who works there and their rights to express their opinions even if they are wrong"
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you
