We are now being told that news and cannot be published if the state deems the facts as-being obtained in manners they don't approve of, regardless if there is no objection to any falsehoods. Since colonial times journalists have been allowed to publish news and not reveal their sources. News stories in a free country, that has freedom of the press and freedom of speech have never been considered adverse to the pubic, so now why is this different?
The bottom line: the public has a right to know the facts in a free society, and the rights for the press to shield their sources has nothing to do with the validity of the news or its effect on the public , including their opinions of candidates,, Therefore it is fake premise that news can effect an election, which is a totally seperate issue than the legality and ethics of how the news was obtained and for what reasons...
“So now why is it different?”
Because we aren’t a free society. Our elites rule us for our own good. it’s unacceptable because the elite’s candidate lost.