I note that the "general American media" is subject to quite a few more constraints than Facebook and others of similar ilk. At the lowest level, the "general

I note that the "general American media" is subject to quite a few more constraints than Facebook and others of similar ilk. At the lowest level, the "general American media" can have advertising pulled if they get too far out of hand. Going further, they have to live with their editorial decisions---see, for example, your own antipathy to them. Ultimately, they can be sued. Facebook, on the other hand, can offer not to associate someone's advertising with that content, but someone else will surely be happy to fill the spot and FB will be making money on both. Facebook doesn't have to live with its (non-) editorial decisions---that's user generated content, right? And you can't really sue Facebook either. The bar has never been equal, but not in the way you think.