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I think you are right about the press being constructed such that they are in any way obliged to protect citizens’ rights from the govt.  They are not, except to the extent that some idealistic members of the press are guided by a personally chosen sense of journalistic ethics.  AFAIK few if any of the “free press” agree to abide by ethics that include striving to protect individuals’ rights. And they are certainly not required to agree to support the Constitution.

e.g., FOX News and OAN are protecting the current administration, not citizens’ rights unless it is in line with a current POTUS interest in a particular Constitutional right over another.