I can see the ban only lasting for a few games at most, then things will revert to type with the difference being the journos will now tread even lighter.
That is the way I see it too, the club need local press to peddle their bullshit once in a while. The local press will probably just lap it back up because they need something to print to sell papers. Hopefully a few of the national journalists put the boot in after this though, I could see a move like this pissing off more journalists than just the ones that have been banned.