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How about "don't run that story about Monica Lewinsky"? That call was taken seriously by Newsweek.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewinsky_scandal

And by apparently nobody else; read the cited Drudge piece.

And do you think the same result would be achieved if the person wasn't a reporter?

No, and that's my point. It was a unique situation created by the nature of the information at play and the people handling it. And you can make a federal case out of that happening, but it isn't an ominous Orwellian phenomenon.

Don't run tis story or someone will die?

Don't write this or the terrorists strike. Don't write about our soldiers killing and raping in Iraq as they may die in retaliation. Don't write about that epidemic or more people may die due to panic...

News is always about life and death.

This way the Chinese also argue when subduing information about the Tian'anmen massacre "to prevent more people from dying".

I'm pretty sure you didn't read my comment. Maybe you meant to make this reply a top-level comment of its own.