...”My concern is that the MSM has been told to join in the coverage, then take control, and then squash the issue”...
You could be right about this..On the other hand, some reporters may be getting nervous about what they have wrought through becoming the hidden campaign headquarters for the Obama administration. Some of them may be going rogue..When big truths come out regarding government wrong doing, it is often big insiders in the press who decide not to be on the band wagon anymore.
There is an angle in all of this it seems to me not many have considered. There are folks who work at jobs interfacing with US on a daily basis for whom we have in the past had some, if not grudging respect, at least tolerance. I think these folks may begin to comprehend they do not want to see the day dawn wherein they will have to deal with us in a way they might the Gangsta Disciples or the Crips. As our gummint becomes more feral many of us may become increasingly intolerant of even the slightest encroachment upon our lives or actions. They like to show the pictures of their SWAT teams and APCs but do they really think they can manage a community where minor flunkies have to be protected by SWAT teams to do building inspections?
Somewhere along the way here somebody needs to wake the hell up or things are gonna get seriously out of hand.