First Amendment is for legal protection of “journalists”, i.e., those that report the Truth ... because the Founding Fathers recognized that it was important for the Citizens to know the Truth
Most of today’s media members DON’T report the Truth, and so are not real “journalists” - if they want to be propagandists for the Democrat Party, they shouldn’t have any Constitutional protection
Your take on the media is exactly what liberals are saying about all of us regarding racism, global warming, Trump and all their other fantasies.
This is not a path you want to take.
The “protection” they have is judge-proclaimed protection from legal liability for false “reports”.
IMHO, it is past time to restore the incentive for truthful “reporting” that used to be provided by large financial payments to victims of smears and “hit-jobs”.
But then again, I'm only 65...
They never reported “the truth”, they reported what got your attention which made them money!
Look at the lies the antifederalist press said about Washington! He “wanted to be king”, how ridiculous!
Jump to the Civil War, it’s like the Northern press & the Southern press got together to see who could lie the most in quantity & quality.
The goal has always been to sell newspaper, pamphlets, magazines that is gain an audience. Get you to read, listen or watch! What’s telling the truth have to do with any of that?
It’s always been a form of entertainment!
Comparing to or expecting the truth is like comparing to or expecting prostitution to be love!
People forget that at their own peril!
Freedom of the Press is for all citizens, just like the 2nd.
It is nor just for some elite class called journalists.
Letters to the Editor, such as by Benjamin Franklin as a pseudonymous teenager, are just as much protected as anything else.
So are blogs, despite what some... persons... on this forum assert.