[semimojo]

...they have the ability to force news outlets to modify their stories to fit a narrative which Google approves of, as we see in this article.

Google never asked The Federalist to change or delete any articles.

They had concerns about some of the comments, but even those they didn't ban or delete.

Their only concern was offending the advertisers.

Face it, advertisers don't want to be associated with certain things. I don't blame them.

[MAGAthon]

more background in the comments on an earlier thread:

NBC/Comcast and Google Conspire to De-Platform Conservative News Sites
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3856257/posts

[DiogenesLamp]

Their only concern was offending the advertisers.

Odd that this only became their "concern" when NBC urged them to do it. I guess they don't notice problems with "racist" commenters on websites unless NBC brings their attention to it.

Seems as if it was a problem for advertisers, the advertisers would be the ones complaining, not the competition.

I hope they get an anti-trust prosecution dropped on them. No company deserves it more.