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…)