The "media" (whatever you mean by that) "covering up" for Toyota? Hmmmmm. Let's see. Using the Express-News' searchable files and only using the keyword "Toyota," let's see some headlines in the newspaper in the past couple months:

Ford tops Toyota in quality study
U.S. automaker leads in 5 segments of J.D. Power survey; but Porsche best in overall ranking of brands. (6-7-07)

Detroit automakers gain in productivity (6-1-07)

A flaw in a few Tundras
20 camshafts have broken (5-30-07)

Toyota profit up 9%, but growth slows (5-10-07)

Sorry, RLSH700. Doesn't sound like much of a cover-up to me.