'our free press' hasn't been for a very long time and here bill maher speaks about it in relation to their freezing rfk jr  from as much press coverage as they're able; 

“I want to take issue with the media because it incenses me how they write about you,” Maher told Kennedy on an episode of Maher’s podcast, “Club Random,” released Sunday.

“In Chat With Musk, Kennedy Pushes Right-Wing Ideas and Misinformation,” Maher said, citing a NY Times headline from June 5.

“Right away I’m pissed off,” Maher said in reaction. “Because, misinformation? How about you’re the newspaper. Just tell me what was said and I’ll decide what’s misinformation. This arrogance of ‘we know what the misinformation is about science.'”

Maher then read from the Times piece; “‘Mr. Kennedy is a long time amplifier and propagator of baseless theories.’ Again,” he stopped to qualify, “not the editorial page, this is like the regular newspaper.”

The HBO host then cited a fact check within the Times piece claiming Kennedy was wrong when he said that Democrats earned more money from the pharmaceutical industry than Republicans.

“Because the Obama administration made a deal with the pharmaceutical industry to support the bill … today I believe the Democrats are getting more money from pharma than Republicans,” argued Kennedy........more.........