media blackout
Enforced information silence
A media blackout is the suppression or absence of news coverage on a particular topic, event, or region.
It may be imposed by governments during military operations or emergencies, or result from corporate decisions, technical failures, or deliberate news embargo.
The military imposed a media blackout during the operation.
There's been a virtual media blackout on the protests.
- gag orderCourt-imposed speech restriction
- hush hushExtremely secret, concealed
- Streisand effectCensorship increases publicity
- censorshipOfficial content restriction
- cover upConceal misdeeds or errors
restricted access · prior restraint · news embargo · emergency protocol · samizdat · propaganda · secrecy · state secrets · classified information · national security · whistleblower · sealed records · freedom of the press · journalistic integrity · disaster response · non-disclosure agreement · investigative journalism · radio silence
- mediatelevision, news, broadcasting, video, radio station
- Media Termsbreaking news, TV show, sound bite, press release, comic strip
- blackoutspower outage, power failure, power cut, outage, grid failure
- media regulationcensorship, content moderation, press censorship, film censorship, art censorship
- media trialstrial coverage, court reporting, contempt of court, fair trial, courtroom decorum
- repressionsecret police, mass arrests, torture, disappearances, detention camps
media blackoutpress release
Official statement for media
broadcast · publication · dissemination · full disclosure · media coverage
media blackoutmedia frenzy
Intense journalistic attention surge
media circus · wall-to-wall coverage · media blitz · media saturation · blanket coverage
media blackoutleak
Escape through a breach
full disclosure · exposé · whistleblowing · transparency · data dump