Summary: Benoît Battistelli and António Campinos aren't just a "dark era" for the EPO; they might in fact be the end of the EPO, having made corruption the "new normal" or "new ways of working"
Unless IBM issues a statement (admission) to the media or issues WARN notices (in the US), the lousy media will simply assume - however wrongly - that nothing is happening and there's nothing to report
Any day that passes without European media and European politicians doing anything about it merely discredits the media and the EU (or national governments)