Yes, it absolutely makes a difference

for evidence of that, one needs to look at the example of CANADA. Canada doesn't have a 1st Amendment. It isn't the Supreme Law of the Land, therefore the Canadian media can lie endlessly to their own people. The people are uninformed, and therefore they make more mistakes because of their ignorance.

The first thing that a tyrant does is to shut down the free press, and then to confiscate all firearms. That's what Hitler did. Canada doesn't have a Bill of Rights.

Bongino Show, episode 2582