This was not in order to right previous wrongs. It was to avoid criticism and with it the risk that people might notice that no rent was being paid.

这么做并非为了纠正以前的错误，而是为了免受指责、规避风险，以免人们注意到免付租金之事。

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Now, because it finds it impossible to avoid criticism no matter what it does, it has to try even harder.

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Successful independent TV stations, such as Tolo TV, which has a contract with DJ Besho, make careful cuts to foreign music videos they show to avoid criticism from the religious establishment.

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