In the good ol' USA as well, the truth is not an unassailable commodity...
Contrary to promises made to consumers, supermarkets in Florida were selling milk produced with rBGH, a systhetic growth hormone developed by Monsanto that boosts milk production.
Steve Wilson and Jane Akre, a husband and wife reporting team at WTVT, Fox's Tampa Bay affliiate, found that scientests believe that rBGH boosted milk contains heightened levels of IGF-1, a hormone associated with risks of cancer.
On 02/21/97, days before the first segment of the rBGH story was scheduled to air, Monsanto sent a letter to Roger Ailes, the head of Fox News (also a campaign advisor to Reagan and Bush, Sr.). That same day, Wilson and Akre were told their story was being postponed...
When they questioned the decision, they were told by station manager Davis Boylan, "We paid $3 billion for these television stations. We will decide what the news is. The news is what we tell you it is"
The station never aired any version of the story, and Fox eventually fired them both (they sued).
This story is not so very surprising insofar as, clearly, Bush and Co. acted under the valid perception that all pertinent gov. law enforcement officials, plus the "major media," would turn a blind eye to the blatant felony that "won the day" for Bush...