Seriously Jim? We expect better here at FR.. It’s the FIRST Amendment. Perhaps your point got lost in the brevity of your post.
My point was, the press is free, but that does not “assign them a role”, nor does it confer on them any special rights and privileges.
They USE the fact that the First Amendment protects them from Congress to fool people into believing that they are some kind of “watchdog” or “guardian” on our behalf, when nothing could be further from the truth.