In a corporatist system of government, wherein there is no meaningful separation between corporate power and state power, corporate censorship is state censorship.
The censorship of AJ was a step too far for many . They showed that they are a not informing, they are influencing and that is not free media.
Bought and paid for is what they now seem to be.
US propaganda makes Cold war Russia's look like nothing in comparison.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-08-07/democratic-senator-mark-warner-mastermind-behind-weaponizing-us-tech-giants