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Did Czechoslovak Television fulfill its role of a public service provider prior to 1990? The channel was controlled by a single political party and had to carry out its orders. How did the news report about major domestic or international issues? It was through the lens of ideology rather than objectively. Television in a totalitarian system can never fulfill the role of a public service provider. It can never stand on the side of the public. It’s always with the party secretariat.