‘Control the narrative’: How an Alabama utility wields influence by financing news A Floodlight investigation found Alabama Power runs a news service and its foundation bought a Black newspaper. Neither publishes critical stories about the utility.

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1. As the analysis determines:
   “What’s happening in Alabama is an example of how special interests have taken advantage of the diminishing reach and influence of shrinking mainstream (and also local) newsrooms in the US. In their place have sprung up fake “pink slime” news sites operated by political interests; a utility that secretly created news outlets to attack its critics; and a Florida publisher who accepts payments for positive coverage.”