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TV CRITIC's NOTEBOOK. Wednesday night I deleted China's CGTN app from my phone after its shocking censorship and news bias became very clear - here's why you should too.




It was weird on Wednesday night when I chose to "delete" the news.

I love the news, especially TV news, and the more different news sources there are, the better for me, for you and for the world.

Yet, on Wednesday I scrolled down the apps list on my phone and clicked "uninstall" on the "news" app of China's CGTN (DStv 409 / StarSat 266) to completely get rid of it.

Somehow I should
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