Why is it that Americans automatically assuming that everything US driven is not "bad" or "corrupt"? And how is that assumption any better?
They don't, that is just your hate stereotype of Americans.
Owned exclusively by Rupert Murdoch and Ted Turner is not "free" by any definition of the word,
Good thing the U.S. media isn't owned exclusively by Rupert Murdoch and Ted Turner, then. But even a hypothetical corporate media oligarchy is still better than a state media monopoly.
If you seriously think that the US public is well informed, you're the one in dire need of perspective.
When you define "well informed" as "anti-American" in your mind, that is a self fulfilling prophecy.
Sure. But eventually more and more people will get upset, and start rocking the boat. They're too late to stop the Internet. The cat is out of the proverbial bag.
Not really. All they have to do is convince people that the internet is dangerous, and there is need for "massive reform" to protect people. Some people you need to frighten by telling them there are racist hate groups on the internet, some you frighten by telling there are child pornographers on the internet, some people you convince that there are terrorists on the internet, some people you convince that the internet is a dangerous place full of scammers and sharks. Just get people hysterical about some perceived danger, and they will go along with anything.
Different political philosophies and different countries have different fears, you just have to target market the right fears to the right group.
If people are willing to give up their right to free speech, their right to bear arms, their right to privacy, which most people already have quite willingly, then they certainly will give up a free internet. Don't mistake your circle of friends as the public at large - Your friends are certainly far less organized and funded, than say the NRA, wouldn't you agree? If the NRA can't stop gun control in America, despite a billion dollars and millions of hardcore supporters and even a constitutional amendment on their side, do you think internet advocates are going to do any better?