Limiting the freedom of news 'just a little bit' is in the same category with the classic example 'a little bit pregnant.

A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill.

You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once.

I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.

I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.

Secrecy begets tyranny.