Australian journalist Miranda Devine (currently working on the New York Post) has drawn our attention to a new word ‘totting’. This is the English abbreviation of a German word totschweigetaktik. Both that impossible German word (and its English abbreviation) mean ‘death by silence’ and refers to a tactic employed to kill issues and news reports by simply ignoring them into non-existence. The Hunter Biden laptop story was ignored by the mainstream media. President Joe Biden’s cognitive failures are being ignored right now. Here in Australia the Albanese government and the trendy supporters of the Indigenous Voice are using ‘totting’ as their tactic to deal with the questions raised by the ‘No’ case. They are pretending there are no issues, no problems, nothing to see here – ‘death by silence.’ And since there are no arguments on the ‘No’ side anyone who supports a ‘No’ vote can be dismissed as a racist (see my article on page ix.) Rebecca Weisser has written often in The Speccie about the concerns of respected medical authorities over Covid vaccines – especially given to children. The mainstream media is ignoring the story. That is ‘totting.’ So, whenever you go to a newspaper, or to a broadcast or online outlet (either commercial or ABC) it’s worth asking yourself – what are they leaving out? What are they ‘totting’? What are they applying the tactic of ‘death by silence’ to?