When Rupert Murdoch aligned The Sun towards the Conservatives for the upcoming general election, it was claimed that the result was already decided: the Tories have won, end of. In a true democracy, it surely isn’t right that corporations can be the ones that ultimately decide who will win elections. But what about free will I hear you cry; just how much can media corporations like Sky, the BBC and News Corp actually do to influence the result? (more…)

It may come as a shock, but the IPCC – the body set up by the UN to “review and assess” scientific data on climate change – is not in any way free of the sort of corporate bias that weighs down on the US congress and the UK parliament.

Before I launch into a tirade, I have a confession: I read the Daily Telegraph. Sorry. (more…)