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The entire political/media class exists for this purpose: not to help people, not to fight for civil rights, not to create a well-informed populace so that democracy can function, but to keep the grubby little mitts of the unwashed masses far away from the true levers of power.
Central to all late-regime policies, is the role press, not as mere reporter, or even advocate, but as a central political actor. They don’t so much persuade, as portray to media consumers an edited version of reality, in which the preferred regime policies are justifiable and legible.
On protecting our youngest peoples from our government: The CDC is once again promoting policies with no basis in scientific fact, but these policies are reflexively accepted by those whom we trust to care for our children.
The massive expansion of NATO, not only in Eastern and Central Europe but the Middle East, Latin America, Africa and Asia, presages endless war and a potential nuclear holocaust.
Autoimmunity is defined and classified with regard to T cell and antibody responses, the aetiology is explored with regard to genetic and environmental factors and perhaps most importantly: loss of tolerance is discussed.
Headlined by The Guardian and the Irish Times, and also grimly noted by some journals here and there, this should-be-big news is apparently NOT “fit to print,” or post, or broadcast by the US press