The last two paragraphs of the article says it all - the FDA has embargo power over the media, because the media can't cooperate to set their own embargo: Ev

The last two paragraphs of the article says it all - the FDA has embargo power over the media, because the media can't cooperate to set their own embargo: Even a close-hold embargo wouldn't constrain a reporter without the reporter's consent; the reporter can simply wait until the embargo expires and speak to outside sources, albeit at the cost of filing the story a little bit later. Alas, Kiernan says, there isn't any movement within the journalism community to change things.