[fanofourforebears]

....He was quite an idiosyncratic poster...

teejers1, Snorflax, Genuine Realist, akidcoc, you might be mistaken about me. Thank you for your response JustAnotherFan. I will try to live up to the definition given below for idiosyncratic as used as an adjective (and hope this will suffice to keep me from being disappeared from here):

1. pertaining to the nature of idiosyncrasy, or something peculiar to an individual: The best minds are idiosyncratic and unpredictable as they follow the course of scientific discovery... 
   
   Now, back to the topic I hope you might find interesting to discuss:
   
   

“The First Amendment is the safety valve of our democracy,” says US free press advocate Trevor Timm (TED Talk: How free is our freedom of the press?). “It has always been the bulwark against secret government, against authoritarianism and against tyranny.”

If we need the press to be free and independent, is the press or to what degree is the press of today free and independent in how it is covering and investigating matters related to Covid-19?  What is your take?  Thoughts?

[fanofourforebears]

....He was quite an idiosyncratic poster...

teejers1, Snorflax, Genuine Realist, akidcoc, you might be mistaken about me. Thank you for your response JustAnotherFan. I will try to live up to the definition given below for idiosyncratic as used as an adjective (and hope this will suffice to keep me from being disappeared from here):

1. pertaining to the nature of idiosyncrasy, or something peculiar to an individual: The best minds are idiosyncratic and unpredictable as they follow the course of scientific discovery... 
   
   Now, back to the topic I hope you might find interesting to discuss:
   
   

“The First Amendment is the safety valve of our democracy,” says US free press advocate Trevor Timm (TED Talk: How free is our freedom of the press?). “It has always been the bulwark against secret government, against authoritarianism and against tyranny.”

If we need the press to be free and independent, is the press or to what degree is the press of today free and independent in how it is covering and investigating matters related to Covid-19?  What is your take?  Thoughts?