If a whistleblower filed a formal complaint with an Inspector General about women in prison camps getting forced hysterectomies but the victims were predominantly white women, there would be a lot more coverage.

Letters to IGs often generate news, but in this case there’s a formal whistleblower complaint. One study found: “news about murder is the product of journalistic assessments of newsworthiness firmly grounded in long-standing race and gender typifications.” https://www.jstor.org/stable/3648888 

Judgments about newsworthiness are made mostly by white reporters and editors. Historically, they have judged news about white victims to be more “newsworthy” than news about black or brown victims. We appear to be watching an example of this play out on the ICE hysterectomies.

According to a complaint filed with an inspector general women are being forced to undergo hysterectomies on American soil. The women happen to be predominantly Hispanic. There's no mention on the front pages of NYT or WaPo. If the victims were white there would be more coverage.

In the face of historical patterns of major outlets downplaying harm to black and brown victims, it is hard to believe that the lack of widespread coverage is merely due to seeking confirmation. Major news outlets have covered much less than a formal complaint filed with an IG.