All Australian media and public figures need to be careful on offshore events, religion and narratives when there is much media ignorance, astroturfs and projects.

Related has been Koch Heritage and Evangelicals ‘Project Esther’ developed in ‘24 for Trump to defeat Harris while pummeling Palestine, the centre, universities, science and the enlightenment.

However, it masks the deep seated Christian and MAGA influence that can be both anti-semitic and Islamophobic, while both the right and left attack the centre; requires broad and eagle eyed research to avoid being astroturfed.

We see influence of Fox News on media, but some indie media which presents as ‘left’ follow the same offshore culture and influencers e.g on blaming Ukraine and EU for provoking Putin; ‘faux anti-imperialist tankie sh*theads of the left’ (Draitser, ex Counter Punch).

Many of the same are loathed in EU being US, right wing and fossil fueled eg Mearsheimer and Sachs as ‘experts’, who were chummy with regime of Tone's mate esx PM ‘mini Putin’ Orbán.

Other month someone from local indie media promoted ‘gorgeous’ George Galloway allegedly of the left, but several years back celebrated Johnson becoming UK PM, at an event in Kazakhstan with Steve Bannon……hmmmm