There's precedent for a communications company skewing the news to protect its monopoly -- in the 19th century, Western Union (the telegraphy monopoly) gave the

There's precedent for a communications company skewing the news to protect its monopoly -- in the 19th century, Western Union (the telegraphy monopoly) gave the Associated Press cut-rate access, in return for agreeing to boot any newspaper that published stories advocating competition in telegraphy. See, e.g., https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091204/0003037194.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091204/0003037194.shtml