If they clumsily try to show any originality, they get attacked, so they only report the safe bet.
Literal
Clumsily original direction [object-を] put-out-[conditional-と], attacked-[regret-てしまう] [reason-から], safe-tile [possessive-の] reporting only not-do.
下手に ('poorly, unwisely') as an adverb warns against clumsy attempts. 安全パイ ('safe tile') is a mahjong term — a tile guaranteed not to help your opponent — borrowed into general use to mean 'the safe choice.' The sentence critiques media self-censorship: rather than risk backlash, outlets stick to inoffensive reporting.