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What does it mean?
The press should expand continuously as it is the Communist Party's most effective tool for influence.
In plain terms
Grow the news media because it helps the Party control the message.
What can you take from it?
Use media expansion to strengthen political power.

Where it applies

  • political campaigns
  • state media management
  • party directives

Putting it to work

  • expand newspaper circulation
  • control radio broadcasts
  • censor opposition press

Questions to consider

  • How does media growth affect public opinion?
  • What limits should exist on state media?

Another view

This view ignores the role of press freedom in holding power accountable.

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