You can see how that works in Canada. All the media that report what the government wants get funding and access. All media that criticize gets harassed by the state and have to sue to get access. Citizens that protest the government's (like the Trucker Protest) get relentlessly smeared by State Media. The state also pushes laws to censor all speech online.

You can see how that works in Canada. All the media that report what the government wants get funding and access. All that act counter to the government's goals (like the Trucker Protest) get relentlessly smeared. All media that acts counter to the state gets harassed by the state and have to sue to get access. The state also pushes laws to censor all speech online.