This provides liberty to report for papers given away (4,5)
I believe the answer is:
free press
'this' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'liberty to report for papers given away' is the wordplay.
'liberty' becomes 'ease' (I've seen this in another clue).
'to report for' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'papers' becomes 'press' (the newspaper industry).
'given' says to put letters next to each other.
'away' becomes 'fr' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'ease' is a homophone of 'ee'.
'ee'+'press'='eepress'
'eepress' after 'fr' is 'FREE PRESS'.
'provides' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for free press that I've seen before include "a feature of democracy" , "Money-saving offer at the drycleaners" .)