The press is nothing more than a collection of private organizations and until the advent of the internet and sites to include facebook many of their shenanigan

The press is nothing more than a collection of private organizations and until the advent of the internet and sites to include facebook many of their shenanigans went unchecked. the is the problem with free speech, you accept you will have both and good and hopefully with a preponderance of free speech the good will out weigh the bad. once you start trying to limit who and where you give bad speech the edge because those who set the rules also determine which is which the real threat to free speech and democracy is from those sitting in office successfully scaring the people into letting them set limits on who can say anything and what they can say when in reality the only group that should face any such limits are those in office and those beholden to them and the party they represent.