In what way /is/ this letter the first step in this direction? > "But this ... this attempt at shutting down of opposition communication" ... is completely im

In what way /is/ this letter the first step in this direction? > "But this ... this attempt at shutting down of opposition communication" ... is completely imaginary? A member of Congress writing a letter to Tyson Chicken asking what steps they took after the COVID incident of placing bets on how many workers would get infected, is not something you can reasonably turn into "this attempt at shutting down food production". It's not like these are secret backroom letters with threatening content released by whistleblowers to embarrass the senders, these letters were announced by official press release[1]. There is no attempt at shutting down of opposition communication in writing a letter that asks questions to which the media company can reply "we don't censor content". Do Anna Eshoo or Jerry McNerny have any unusual influence over funding or licensing (etc.) decisions for Cox, Alphabet, AT&T, Dish, than any other Congressperson, in a way that would make the letters carry more weight than their content suggests? [1] https://eshoo.house.gov/media/press-releases/eshoo-mcnerney-urge-tv-companies-address-spread-misinformation https://eshoo.house.gov/media/press-releases/eshoo-mcnerney-...