I often quip that I’m the last of the bison when it comes to American journalists—a description Ring Lardner applied to Gene Fowler in the 1930s. It’s a nice line, but it’s not quite right. There are more of us remaining in the news business than you might guess – reporters, editors, and producers who still adhere to the time-tested standards of fairness, accuracy, and nonpartisanship.

Yet I’m worried about the state of journalism in our country. This very week I heard two cable television talking heads – men whose salaries are paid by media organizations – bemoaning the recent pushback against government and Big Tech censorship. Their attitude is precisely backwards. Freedom of expression is an essential component of the American Identity. Put simply: The United States of America didn’t create the idea of a free press; a free press helped create the United States of........

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