Congress, Media, and More on the First Amendment

Some in Congress would have us Americans believe that the source of all evil is the media. However, we citizens must be wary to protect our First Amendment freedoms. Media, one would argue, probes into government abuse; and, if that probe is not there, then "secret" government programs can become too intrusive. One might then argue that government would want such programs to become too intrusive; and, it is therefore in the government's best interest to force media to stop probing into government affairs. A too intrusive government is a government that has too much power over its citizenry, which government is a tyranny. It is media's duty to prevent tyranny's onset by exposing it. To probe into government affairs, therefore, is the media's duty. Hence, legislation to stop media's probing is legislation to stop media's duty to expose tyranny and therefore to prevent tyranny. It is not a giant leap, then, to conclude that our government's desire to hamper media is a desire to perpetuate its own tyranny, quelling American freedom as it does. We Americans cannot allow our government to perpetuate tyranny. We, therefore, cannot allow government to hamper media's duty to probe into government affairs.