Qanon is the latest agency effort to manipulate the altrernate media. Google a topic of interest and see how many qanon citations pop up. Don’t be sucked into the vortex. [BTW, pronounce the name as ‘cannon’ and you get a clue]
Agreed that is a very good measure of how much someone wants it covered up. In this case it could be as you suggest or they believe it's a foolish conspiracy that they can stomp on.
It's one of the two. I'm always questioning.
Personally I think Qanon is part of the Cabal that is taking out their trash. Which is good for everyone but the trash.