It's true that publishers of "real" newspapers sometimes exert this sort of influence, which is unfortunate. But those publishers aren't subject to the First A

It's true that publishers of "real" newspapers sometimes exert this sort of influence, which is unfortunate. But those publishers aren't subject to the First Amendment, because they're not government-run. In the case of a school newspaper, however, the school is run by the state, and so First Amendment issues definitely do come into play.