I used to think like you. I almost completed a journalism degree in Australia— so I'm well aware of the role and necessity of the fourth estate. But having seen years of the awful effects of Murdoch's propaganda rags on my country's culture and government, I think media should be subject to certain laws.
For example, News Limited's news media companies only serve propaganda for fossil fuel magnates. It's not news. They have never and will never do their job as the fourth estate, because they are propaganda for those in power, nothing more and nothing less.
Yes, free political expression should be protected and is important for the function of democracy. So it not conflating literal propaganda with news.
I'm curious as to your perspective. Laws are rules under threat of force. Are you implying that having laws and enforcing them is tyranny? Would a society with no rule of law be better in your opinion?
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