It can be difficult in the current environment to not automatically defend the value of a free press, but then you read Barton Gellman's paranoiac polemic in the latest issue of the Atlantic and immediately recall this classic SNL skit.
https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/iraq-war-briefing-cold-open/2859825
https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/iraq-war-briefing-cold-open/2859825