This is two private parties slugging it out. The government adjudicates but does not have a specific law that is broken. That is by definition freedom of the

This is two private parties slugging it out. The government adjudicates but does not have a specific law that is broken. That is by definition freedom of the press. The danger is when the government starts setting laws that the press has to follow, or has the power to drag the press through kangaroo courts where the process is the punishment. When you have an essentially private dispute between parties like this it is interesting but has little relevance to actual freedom of the press. The only issue would be if the government of the day started weighing in on the case.