I don’t doubt for a minute they are afraid and jealous for their ratings.
I am one of those who sees the Left and the MSM in cahoots. They simply want to control information on the Left, and the MSM is part of their tool to do so. So if they get instructions spoken or unspoken to suppress or not report, that is what they do.
Since they are all Leftists in the media to a large degree, they likely don’t need daily written instructions. They know what the Left wants as a narrative, and they cater to that.
In my opinion...:)
“They know what the Left wants as a narrative, and they cater to that.”
That is true as far as it goes, but it does not explain when dozens of mass media outlets use the exact same words.
Only mindless robots copy from each other word for word.