censorship: one thing we need to avoid...

This article on the BBC NEWS site about the death of Zhao Ziyang (Tienanmen Square incident) includes the quote

"China's government has issued just a brief statement, confirming Zhao's death. But the official Xinhua news agency instructed domestic radio and television not to carry the item.

There have been many grieving postings on internet bulletin boards. 'Time will vindicate him,' said one. 'We will miss you forever,' said another.

All were deleted speedily by chatroom monitors, our Beijing correspondent says. "

I had to wonder how different, really, our own situation is. The censorship is, perhaps, less overt government censorship than economic/plutocratic control of state.

I do worry.