I am going to close this thread (for now), simply because even my patience after 14 pages, the last 5 or so slipping back and forth into toxicity has reached it's limit.
Just to be clear here though before I do, site wide content, News, Reviews and front page promo's are not the domain here for ANY of the Moderation team, there are far more gifted staff dealing with that than me at least, we have a very proactive owner and Administrator and an Editor in Chief that takes care of most of that stuff. I know they are fully aware of the feelings from some of the community, much of it mentioned here and I am sure they will make a decision that they feel is appropriate for this site.
The moderation staff knew no more than the community membership regarding this topic/trial and that knowledge, just like you, only commenced the first time they were published.
It may be relevant at some point to re-open this, possibly if and when things are clearer or there is new info to announce and debate, apart from that, thanks to most of you for your contribution and in many cases ..... passion!