This isn't laudable, it's defensive. The snafu has been covered in the NYT so there's no burying it. They are making sure their side is told by covering it themselves.
You should scroll through more articles by the author of the linked post. His focus is on the media and ethics. He very regularly goes after NPR and member stations and airs dirty laundry. It isn't a reflexive thing. It's central to their culture and something they actively protect and fund.
I mean, I'd love to see, as an example, as in-depth of a report from Fox News detailing the sexual harassment allegations against Roger Ailes and Bill O'Reilly, but I had no luck searching.
I also don't think NPR would be successful in "burying" it, but they could easily just choose to not report on it.
You have an idiosyncratic definition for what the phrase means. Or maybe I do.
When the source about the Biden's bribes in Ukraine turned out to be a Russian asset, it was widely reported, including the NYT. Fox and other right news sources glossed past it. To me, that is burying the story, even though it was widely reported in other outlets.
