The press isn't the enemy, it's the protector; CNN, August 3, 2018

Joseph Holt, CNN; The press isn't the enemy, it's the protector

"Thomas Jefferson, writing in 1792, maintained, "No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free, no one ever will." The press stands vigilantly as a bulwark against tyranny and the falsehoods that feed it. Truly democratic rulers would not want to live in a country without a vibrantly free press -- only a tyrant or a subject content to live under tyrannical rule would. Far from being the enemy of the people, the press at its best is like a guardian angel that caringly and capably protects us from harm...

We thank soldiers for their service because they devote themselves to protecting our freedoms, and we should. But we should also thank the media for the same reason -- especially when the stakes have never been higher."