You have that control. You have not lost that control. Why does this matter in the context of this discussion? If you choose to visit that news site, you're

You have that control. You have not lost that control. Why does this matter in the context of this discussion? If you choose to visit that news site, you're trusting their web developers. You can always manually go and setup tools and systems to block those 3rd party requests (like I mentioned earlier, an ad blocker is a great first step, because it's easy and automatic). If you're not willing to take those steps... Don't use the site.