I think it is more a difference in editorial style rather than in substance: all media outlets still have an editor who in turn has to answer to the owner of a

I think it is more a difference in editorial style rather than in substance: all media outlets still have an editor who in turn has to answer to the owner of a news outlet - an author can't always write just the stuff that he wants and also get his work published, don't think it works like this. In other words I find it hard to follow the comparison of an author to a fish. Still there is definitely more freedom in a system that doesn't censor every single utterance.