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 Revealed: former British ambassador Sir Andrew Wood's key role in Trump investigation | The Independent

When mass media is forced to stick to a business model to survive any notion of independent news is lost. Newscorp is the largest non news provider in the Anglosphere and the greatest supporter of the Global Corporate Right. Combined they are the world's largest threat to Democracy.


A former British ambassador to Russia had a hugely significant role in American intelligence agencies receiving explosive allegations about Donald Trump and the Kremlin. The Independent has learned that US Senator John McCain spoke to Sir Andrew Wood, who served in Moscow as the UK’s head of mission for five years, about claims that the US President-elect was susceptible to blackmail over alleged sexual activity and that his team had colluded with Moscow during the presidential election campaign.
Remembering the time Donald Trump 'mocked a disabled reporter'
 Trump declares " I didn't do it" and the media print his denial not his lie. When media tactics is not news.

Journalism under Attack | Issues in Science and Technology

Why Meryl Streep said "Journalist's need to be protected" It's why we need the ABC and a separation of paid opinion based on interests and that based on facts. What Andrew Bolt does should be separated from anything titled and presented as news.

"Donald Trump’s improbable march to the White House shocked many, but the tactics that made it possible undoubtedly looked familiar to those who have navigated the topsy-turvy landscape of contested science. For Trump’s success was predicated on techniques that are used by advocates across the ideological spectrum to dispute or at least muddy established and verified truths  anywhere.

First, it’s important to understand that Trump's and the minority extremist's like Tony Abbott  winning strategy is centered on demonizing opponents and de-legitimizing critics, such as those pesky, fact-checking journalists. This requires an overarching narrative—of a corrupt media establishment. That narrative has an existing conservative foundation  for extreme conservatives  to build on, using new informational architecture from allies such as  Newscorp's  Andrew Bolt, 2GBs StevePrice and others  they mold themselves on like Steve Bannon, the former chairman of Breitbart Media now  Trump’s campaign manager and chief counselor.Verified facts have no place at Breitbart a often used source of Andrew Bolt's.

 To the perplexed  political journalism community:" Welcome to the world of science journalism, where with respect to some topics, the more you report facts, the less they seem to matter. Anyone who’s been on the front lines of the climate wars, feel free to nod along. The same goes for you scientists and science communicators who have gotten entangled in the genetically modified organism (GMO) thicket or who have chased anti-vaccine activists down a rabbit hole."