Science Without Political 'Spin'?

Fiona Fox (a founder of the UK's Science Media Centre) maintains that, in earlier days, most scientists tended to 'keep their heads down', rather than appear in the media. She thinks it distinctly beneficial that most scientists, now accept they have to do 'great research' and communicate the implications of their work. Fox believes, however, that the recent involvement of government press teams (made up largely of civil servants, often without any science training), now sometimes distorts research, for overtly political reasons (https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/apr/03/scientists-must-be-free-to-communicate-without-politicians-spin). Fox feels (as do apparently some of its founders) that the 2018 setting up of UK Research and Innovation, marks a loss of the scientist's independent and responsible voice. Clearly, she would like to return to a situation, where the UK gets most of its science news from 'the best' researchers and science correspondents (this sounds remarkably like the operation of the Science Media Centre?). I broadly agree that science is best communicated without political 'spin'. Not all scientists (and science correspondents?), however, routinely act in an independent and responsible way. Publicity is sometimes used, in attempts to attract further funding and/or students. The multiplicity of media platforms, means that some scientists now operate in 'alternative worlds'. 'Spin' is not always political! There needs to be some independent mechanism for routinely evaluating the myriad sources of science 'communication'.