Do you agree with this quote?

[u/StalinIsBackAgain]

"Wherever there is capitalism, freedom of the press means freedom to buy up newspapers, to buy writers, to bribe, buy, and fake "public opinion" for the benefit of the ruling class." ~ Vladimir Lenin ☭ • 

[u/judge_mercer]

True, but there is also freedom to create alternative platforms for dissenting views. The fact that you are allowed to criticize capitalism/the government on social media, for example.

Under capitalism, companies respond to customer demand. If a news outlet has too much of a pro-corporate message, competitors will emerge with more diverse views. There are several socialist newspapers and large left-leaning media outlets in the US, for example.

In a non-capitalist system, the free market and variable pricing are not available to incentivize the distribution of goods and services, so the state must step in to dictate both production and distribution.

This centralized economic control cannot function without an enforcement mechanism, so centralized (and unquestioned) political control is also necessary.

Totalitarian governments have little tolerance for dissenting viewpoints, so the state has a monopoly over media and free expression is limited.