> government can control the news, which is a potentially worse scenario! Many people think journalistic power should be open to anybody while physical power s

> government can control the news, which is a potentially worse scenario! Many people think journalistic power should be open to anybody while physical power should be under government monopoly. Yet a story, widely circulated, can ruin a life as thoroughly as a bullet to the kneecap. If you think governments should monopolize sources of dangerous power, why not support a government monopoly on journalism?