News spiking

From Conservapedia

To spike a news story is to "kill" it by choosing not to run it. The metaphor refers to placing pieces of paper on a spike. In particular, spiking is often used to describe news stories that are suppressed for political or deceitful motives, biasing the news by reporting only what supports a particular agenda.

Arnaud de Borchgrave, former chief editor of The Washington Times, wrote a novel called The Spike in which spiking figures heavily.