While I can't say the mainstream media has been eager in picking up this "who done it story" based on alleged market manipulation in PMs by the banksters, this did appear at 3:00 am in Market watch this morning. I guess they were hoping no one would be up to read it. But they don't know the frog! The link has more pertinent info.
"By Peter Brimelow, MarketWatch
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Paranoids notoriously have enemies, but sometimes they have friends too. Long-derided financial conspiracy theories are finally being reported in the mainstream media. Could be ominous.
In some ways, this situation is similar to the way in which conspiracy theories about the nefarious role of mega-investment-bank Goldman Sachs /quotes/comstock/13*!gs/quotes/nls/gs (GS 171.08, +0.86, +0.51%) finally went mainstream last year. ( See July 20, 2009, column.) "
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/radical-gold-bugs-vs-wall-street-2010-04-05