fiji and the media

Why is it that having a newspaper 90% locally owned against free speech.

Is it preferable to have a countries newspaper owned by an overseas oligarchy.

How would we react if our newspapers were owned by say a Russian or Chinese proprietor.

Seems to me that a countries media should be in the hands of the residents of that country.

Am i missing something here?

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