They cannot back down because they know what will happen to them.  They have two choices:  MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO AND THE EVIL...with their wealth, power, comfort, and reputation; or, LOSE EVERYTHING...and face criminal prosecution, disgrace,  infamy, ruin, and jail.  To say nothing of the threat of murder and blackmail by the higher-ups. That is why that hate Trump.   That is why we keep seeing these increasingly desperate and ridiculous stunts,  It is why the media will not willingly reform, and other sectors also like Hollywood. They cannot compromise; and neither can we.