When news stories broke, investigative news stories, controversial news stories, they broke for good reason. They were backed up by evidence and by courageous editors. They were stories which rocked the establishment, not because they were designed to rock the establishment, but because the stories needed to be told, regardless of who was affected by them.

Here are some reasons I have come up with why stories should not be covered up:

National interest – wrong

National security – wrong

To protect the integrity of office – wrong

Because the object of the investigation has a lot of money and power – wrong

Because the object of the investigation is influential – wrong

Because the object of the investigation knows the owner of the paper – wrong

Because the object of the investigation is a sponsor of the ...