I think you're heavily underestimating the willingness of media outlets to kill news stories. I'd recommend a book called Into the Buzzsaw by Kristina Borjesso

I think you're heavily underestimating the willingness of media outlets to kill news stories. I'd recommend a book called Into the Buzzsaw by Kristina Borjesson (a former television producer) In the book she interviews a number of famous news anchors and writers who recount the censorship that they experienced by the news outlets they worked for.