A nice idea and while we don’t believe the Founders were naive, it’s possible they never could have envisioned a press that mostly disregards their privilege as government watchdogs and would become blatant cheerleaders for one political party over another. The bias is obvious to the point of extreme journalist malpractice. The public is either given one side or not given relevant information at all, to the detriment of everything from civil discord to affecting election outcomes.

A bias, moreover, can be the foundation for investigative journalism. It may prompt the news organization to right a wrong and take up an unpopular cause. Thus, the job of journalists is not to stamp out bias. Rather, the journalist should learn how to manage it. And to do that, the journalist needs to become conscious of the biases at play in a given story and decide when they are appropriate and may be useful, and when they are inappropriate.
— American Press Institute

As a new reporter at the Guam Tribute in 1989, I was told by the newspaper’s editor, “It’s the job of the media to report the news; not incite it.” It’s NOT the job of the media to right wrongs or take up any cause. There should be NO biases, useful or inappropriate. It’s that kind of manipulative thinking that leads to bias-by-omission where, in one example, the medias (legacy and social) intentionally withheld pertinent information we later found swung an election.

A belated “My bad” doesn’t cut it, especially when these same people would be screaming bloody murder if it had happened to them.

The media’s First Amendment protection must be revisited as they have proven themselves undeserving. There are too many recent examples of false reporting and plagiarism that makes them unworthy of any kind of Constitutional privilege and protection. When they lie and are proven to have done so, especially when it damages individuals or groups, the aggrieved should be able to be sue until the offender offers genuine contrition; verbal and monetary. The fact they believe they alone can dictate what is fact and what is not, just because they say so, is obviously not what the Founders intended. “Misinformation” is the latest excuse they use to steer the public towards narratives the press and their preferred politicians desire.

So, let’s go there; declare the Constitution a “living document” and when the press is targeted, bites them in the ass, and costs them jobs, remind them we gave them what they wanted.

Nadler quotes Founders’ warnings in impeachment inquiry
Founding Fathers would be ‘horrified’: Legal experts testify Trump should be impeached
The Founders Would Have Impeached Trump for His Ukraine-Related Misconduct
We are finally on the path to Trump impeachment and saving what our Founders gave us
The Founding Fathers would have impeached corrupt Trump in a New York minute
Robert Reich: The Founding Fathers Would Have Impeached Trump

But it was not long ago (and could rear an ugly head again at any convenient time) when these same liberals considered the Founders racist, white men and the national discourse we have today is a direct result of their failed thinking.

Founding Fathers, Founding Villains
NEA Throws Evil Shade On Founding Fathers
There’s No Defending Founding Fathers Who Practiced Slavery
5 Stories That Prove The Founding Fathers Were Total Maniacs
Did the Founding Fathers Screw Up?
What’s the Difference Between Confederate Leaders and Slave-owning Founding Fathers?
Sexual abuse of slaves by students at Founding Father’s university revealed by historians
The founding fathers were evil

Impeachment is only one topic where the genius of the Founders are dashed when not in line with a Democrat agenda. The wisdom of the Electoral College, for example, was the perfect system to liberals when Bill Clinton lost the popular vote in 1992 but won the presidency based on the established Electoral College process. When liberals win, the Electoral College was perfectly crafted and implemented.

A key reason the founders wanted the electoral college: To keep out demagogues and bullies
The Founders Knew What They Were Doing with the Electoral College
Electoral college reflects wisdom of Founding Fathers
The Electoral College Was Meant to Stop Men Like Trump From Being President

However, the Founders’ brilliant system was deemed antiquated and very flawed when Hillary Clinton failed to meet its benchmark.

Not Your Founding Fathers’ Electoral College
The Electoral College Has Been Divisive Since Day One
The electoral college is a failure. The Founding Fathers would probably agree.
Founding Fathers distrusted popular vote to pick a president
The real reason we have an Electoral College: to protect slave states
All of the Arguments for Keeping the Electoral College are Stupid.

No mention of the liberal Democrat “disenfranchisement” dog whistle when they lose but that’s ultimately what they wish to do, whether it’s devising ways to assure their elections or justifying the removal of a uber-successful president they know they can’t beat at the ballot box and need an insurance policy. When they can’t rely on the American people to do what they want, they find end-arounds and base their actions on what they say the Founders foresaw and defended against.

The Founding Fathers came from all professions of the day. They weren’t professional politicians and may or may not have not been able to predict and prepare for the swamp we have today, but when Democrats praise or hate on the Founders, you can be sure it’s because of something they want; not what’s necessarily best for the country.