With the Benito rebellion escalating LVN has been taking a look at how the official HCS media has been covering the story, though any coverage was nil until a few weeks ago. The authorities reaction to Benito's uprising was to place a media blackout on the story, however 1000s of bloggers took over and despite the best efforts of the RP continue to report the story to an eager audience.
The recent space battle was not reported in the media at all, though the media did say that space forces loyal to Benito had fled when challenged by Loyalist HCS. Austini 55 has been lost to Benito yet according to the media there is a "minor challenge to authority" at best. The status of The Friar is also interesting. We now understand that he has defected to Benito's camp, but according to the official RP website he has been taken "ill" and is "on leave". One newspaper did report he had been in a "motor accident".
RP control over the media is incredibly tight though the odd story does slip through, in the minor newspaper the Micom Express there was a small report referring to the "loss of Austini 55 to rebels". The newspaper was mysteriously shut down after a fire at it's offices the next day...
