Not sure if you're just being a contrarian or you actually don't know, but it's quite clear why.

Is Western media biased? For sure. Do Western journalists go to jail / get disappeared for writing things the government doesn't want them to write? No. (But I'm sure you'll find counter-examples as well if you look really hard for proof of what you want to believe)

Because I regularly speak to my dad who loves Russian television.

PS: I now live in Britain.