What did they know and when did they know it?
Those might be interesting questions to get answered but who will ask them? As the news of torture chambers, organized rape, and summary executions comes out in the days to come, it'll be interesting to find out if the news agencies were covering up atrocities in order to maintain their coveted "access".
One of the first things you have to do to address any problem is to acknowledge it exists. If the news agencies covered up news of atrocities, especially for crass business purposes like maintaining access to a dictator's government, then they in effect were accomplices. Failure to report a crime can itself be a crime if you have knowledge of it. The writer admits to having advanced knowledge of 2 murders and did nothing to stop it.