"Tass and Pravda in the USSR also blocked bad news. Sovietization of America is ongoing, and control of the news is part of it."
I would not jump to the conclusion that there is a suppression of news going on. Media personnel go where they are able to go during widespread disasters and report on the details of what they can themselves see and photograph. The result of this fact is the often distorted impression that the worst is happening in one area, since that's the area they all keep showing. Reporting is far from an exact science and when events are changing fast and confusion and panic and danger are everywhere, editors are not going to send reporters where their safety is in sure jeopardy. In this case, the devastation is in many places at once.
The media are headquartered in big cities to start with. Other reports from smaller places will surely follow in due time.
The total conspiracy nut theme of that post boggles the mind.