You are very naive if you think journalists decide which stories get published/aired. Politicians are PERFECT for this kind of game. Think about it, fewer than

You are very naive if you think journalists decide which stories get published/aired. Politicians are PERFECT for this kind of game. Think about it, fewer than a thousand people (congress + high-ranking judges) decide on EVERYTHING. It's trivial to bribe / blackmail them when you have billions and access to their emails and billions of dollars. Think of which major politicians were killed in the last 50 years.