Commentary Because access to clear communications and truthful information is essential to the struggle to defend the republic, media organizations complicit in crimes and abuses committed by U.S. spy agencies and Democratic Party operatives are targeting Fox Business/Fox News journalist Maria Bartiromo. The aim is to damage her reputation and scare off others who might also challenge the consensus shaped to serve the interests of the increasingly powerful U.S. oligarchy. Articles in the Washington Post and Los Angeles Times published the same day last week joined earlier attacks by CNN and high-profile bloggers at HuffPost, Vox, Business Insider, and elsewhere to signal it was open season on Bartiromo. On their telling, she has lost journalistic credibility by interviewing President Donald Trump and his allies regarding their allegations of election fraud. The immediate goal of the anti-Bartiromo campaign then is to derail her reporting on the widespread irregularities and abuses seen …