kill the story
kill the story
To suppress or refuse to publish a news story so that it is not revealed to the public. I wanted to write a big exposé on the massive corporation's illegal practices, but the directors at the newspaper killed the story. They must have been paid off. The tabloid was paid by the media mogul to buy the exclusive rights to the witness's testimony and then kill the story.
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