This BBC report https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-45546585 on a piece of Indian history would be interesting albeit obsessed with denigrating British colonialism. However the BBC can't help themselves:
'Like in the case of India's first newspaper, authoritarian leaders today seek to suppress the press. The source of their power is to convince enough of the public to believe them, and not what they read in the press.
Politicians who want to be dictators are not new. But why are they so dangerous now?
They have new tools to sow divisions between citizens. Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter and other forms of social media have created "filter bubbles" in which people consume and share content they already agree with.
The result is that people across the world are increasingly divided into tribes as social media allows politicians to communicate directly with their citizens.
For instance, US President Donald Trump often lashes out at the news media with tweets, denigrating them as "fake news" and as "enemies of the people".'
There's the BBC TDS in action, vilify President Donald Trump at every opportunity.
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