Alternative news sites are the new mainstream news, and they have "freedom of speech", ...and they have no fear, because they do it everyday.
So yes, I agree with you-- we should be able to talk or write openly. (But the US already does have this going, so I'm confused as to why you ask?)
Every nation should be able to have that freedom, without fear of violence, retaliation, or hate.
I read the headlines from 20 plus sites a day. Alt news, mainstream, blogs, etc. Even when they/we have freedom of speech, most of it is junk anyway. The kids "who cry wolf". It's so hard to pick out the gems now. The news is filled with so much misleading, false info, time and time again.
So who do we trust even if the headline in question were "true"?
I think the news, speech and our current world situation is covered and summoned up in
Luke 21:25
And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring;
That is our world now brother......even with complete freedom of speech.....doesn't matter........we still have perplexity, in what is really truly going on.
Look at the overall picture.
God is fulfilling his promises.
*Actually, Drudge is bigger than anything mainstream out there, with 30-50 millions hits a day? Which pretty much shows that it gets more attention than CNN, MSNBC, or any of the other mainstream outlet.
I'm not saying that I personally trust it....but a lot of people do though.