"Why does the media continue to ignore the problem?"

A wonderful question our reform movement should answer to help us move forward IMHO.

My guess is...

The media outlets regularly work with law enforcement and community leaders to get the latest inside scoop.

If a media outlet scrutinizes law enforcement and community leadership, they risk reducing or eliminating exclusive access to inside information. That could be bad for them in the highly competitive media industry.

The media doesn't exist to be the communications 'glue' empowering "We the people" by exposing public servant power abuse wherever it may rise. They exist as a set of businesses competing for ratings to secure advertising revenue.

If the majority of consumers support drug prohibition, then so too do the media outlets to maintain ratings.

Advertisers may not want their product associated with media scrutiny against what law enforcement considers minor collateral damage in the effort to save our children from drugs. They may not want their product associated with what the public majority would see as an attack against child protectors. They may not want their product associated with drugs period, since many advertisers' clients support drug prohibition to improve their public relations (remember, the public majority at least appears to believe drugs are always evil and must be defeated).

Perhaps we need to identify which major media outlets are suffering in the marketplace, because they are more likely to take risks in their reporting to gain a competitive edge, increasing the likelihood of their exclusive reporting on our righteous cause?

If they do a good job reporting, perhaps they will convince good law enforcement and community leaders that drug prohibition is undeniably wrong, maintaining a relationship with those good people (eliminating the media outlet's risk of alienation).

If that reporting catches on, then the rest of the media outlets will follow, competing to provide better coverage of the exposure of the major, clearly un-American public servant corruption disguised as sound policy that has existed for roughly a century.

Perhaps we need to make news by finding interesting (i.e. "newsworthy") ways to express our honest message?

The good news is truth always prevails eventually.