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Italy seems a very recent example (well, media was bought rather than bribed).

You can't necessarily block information, but you can drown it in disinformation.

Of course it is still relevant. The Internet can do many things, but it can't spontaneously create information; someone has to put it on the net for you to read.

So maybe the Montesinos of the 21st century will revert to bribing (or coercing) those with, say, a high Klout score. The medium may be different, but the methods will remain the same....

> "As long as a government does not filter or censor the Internet..."

That's kind of an important condition, isn't it? How many places is that really still true? How long will it last? Anyway, your "single entity" doesn't have to control all the information sources, just most of the ones people listen to.

Broadcast media (as compared with "narrowcast" grassroots media) still plays an enormous role in shaping the national narrative in the US. I would imagine it's the same in Peru.

you are assuming that all people can read and have access to the Internet. In Peru, this is most definitely not the case