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by armandososa 5265 days ago
I may be wrong, but I think his point is: even if they couldn't bribe politicians, they still could blackmail them with bad coverage.
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That's true, or reward them with good coverage.

Here in the UK we actually have rules that say that TV news shows must remain non partisan. Of course people still accuse them of bias, but they are nothing like Fox news.

I imagine the 1st amendment would prevent a similar thing happening in the US.

Our newspapers however are often extremely partisan however and Murdoch still has much influence here through "The Sun" paper.

I guess with more content online , people could do something similar. "I have 100,000 followers, don't pass SOPA or I'll make a mean youtube video about you".