Perhaps a more subtle reading is needed. . .
Commercial/political interests feeding stories to newsrooms is not news. . .F.A.I.R. has been telling this story for at least twenty years.
Having worked in newsrooms for better than twenty-five years, I know this issue well. It's no conspiracy; rather it is the careful use of the media by some very smart spin doctors and other media manipulators.
Let's say I have an issue that I want people to see my way. The best way to get the newsrooms to repeat my point of view without any contradicting voices is to make the story impossible to ignore and difficult to rebut.
How do I make the story impossible to ignore? If I am a Cabinet Minister or Captain of Industry, this is easy. I release the story to one newspaper or t.v. station and tell them they have an exclusive until tomorrow. Right there, the need to be first, to "break" the story, forces the newsroom's hand. If I am from a small community group, good luck. The story had better be pretty compelling for a news director to even take interest.
How about difficult to rebut? Also fairly easy; release the story to the press very close to the end of that day's news cycle. That was, the newsroom only has time to get my version out, and will have to wait until the next cycle, usually the next day, to find opposing voices. In the meantime, I've had a whole day to myself, and the first impression is often the one that sticks.
There are lots of websites that explain this way more exhaustively(sp?) than I think appropriate for a forum. You could start here:
http://www.fair.org/index.php
Pangloss