"...under the liberals’ paradigm, we can speak to our hearts content, though only to people within shouting range. But don’t worry. The official, approved mainstream media would be exempt – and unofficial, unapproved media, well, not so much. “Fake news” and all that – “fake” being defined as “critical of liberals.” 
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2017/04/24/liberals-want-to-kill-free-speech-so-we-patriots-must-fight-back-n2317165

I've stopped using the descriptors Progressive, Liberal, Socialist, Communist, nutcase and just whittled it all down to one term; leftist. Or the left. It's easier for my brain and gets right down to the matter. I've been telling colleagues for at least the last 30 yrs that the reason we see dumb stuff in the news we read is because of prosperity. Do you think the average N. Korean cares one whit whether any of the Kardashians have anything to say? No. Or the dude in S. Sudan who's just trying to get through the night? Living is his goal.