Americans are prohibited their free exercise of religion. Try saying a prayer at a school. Try mentioning God in a graduation speech. We jealously guard our right to free speech. And again, to absurd lengths.
Pornography is free speech according to the government.
An entire industry has developed that roots out any violations of our right to free speech. But our right to free speech, specifically political speech, is under attack. The government wants to deny Americans the right to speak freely during political campaigns. The professional press keep close tabs on government actions that might violate its rights. The mainstream press may be biased, it may not care about the rest of the Constitution, it may coddle the very government that it seeks protection from, but they worship at the altar of the freedom of the press provision of the First Amendment.