Influence from others to leak reports initially to the media — not quite certain (4,8)

I believe the answer is:

peer pressure

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(Other definitions for peer pressure that I've seen before include "Influence from others in one's group" , "The influence of the Lords" , "that whips people into line?" , "Influence of one's contemporaries" , "Compulsion to conform to one's contemporaries" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.

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