It wasn’t on the merits, just on standing to sue.
Otoh, COERCING is not FORCING them to do, so it is freedom of speech anyway you look at it, even if the government is doing it, as the MEDIA COMPANIES have the CHOICE to IGNORE it.
Choice to DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO is the key. No one controls anyone who has CHOICE to do OTHERWISE, fing Alito!
Dismissed. This could never go anywhere even if they had standing to sue.