The United States Government will always want the country to look how the stronger political party at the time wants it to look like. However, whichever party is most represented in congress, factual information will always be withheld to promote the image the government truly wants.
Websites like Antiwar.com is a prime example of information that the government does not want the general population to know. The first big "spotlight" article that is seen on the website is titled Counting the Dead in Ukraine, which is a direct link to The American Conservative, the US has sent resources into the war in which one they are not directly involved with. The U.S. Government does not want citizens to find out how many deaths they are contributing to.
Many of the countries listed for global news on antiwar.com are also ones in which the United States has had conflicts in the past. These countries include Afghanistan, Russia, and Iran.
Some of these articles could be seen as influential to readers. Due to this, the government does want people to be influenced by other countries' beliefs that the US has had issues with.
The American Conservative has the same type of content but is formatted in a much more professional way. However, despite the website looking more credible, the United States government will still not want the content public for the same reasons.
Although I wish the government would be more transparent with certain information, I do understand why a lot of statistics and other events are not made public or take longer to be published. It could be said that the US government censors content media websites publish that tell the positive truth about a country that America does not have a great relationship with. Many people overreact and come to conclusions way before anything is settled.
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