About

“Consciously or unconsciously everyone writes as a partisan.”

george orwell

the free press has a modest goal – to bring information about systemic media bias to the ATTENTION of ordinary people.

Media distortion, based on ownership of the press by billionaires and big business, is predictable and well-documented – but how many people have access to the resources required to see through the elaborate academic culture that “manufactures consent” for unpopular policies?

Our website provides accessible explanations of media bias and highlights double standards and other forms of media manipulation – including the growing (mis)use of social media to disguise funded lobbying as “grassroot” campaigns.

why is it important?

For too long the media have bent narratives towards the interests of those who own them, advertise in them and profit from them. The consequence is a “profit first” world of injustice, alienation and imminent ecological collapse.

A different world will only become possible when enough people see through corporate propaganda and the assumptions, myths, misdirection, misreporting, under-reporting and smear campaigns (see: Jeremy Corbyn) that are their poisons of choice.

Who We Are

Sean Rankin Dark Money bloodhound. Socialist. Pro-Independence. Stravaiger. Retweets funnier and more articulate people here: @ClydesiderRed

Steven McCracken is currently undertaking a Masters in Media, Communications and International Journalism at Glasgow University, studying under members of the Glasgow University Media Group.

declaration of independence!

Both of us self-identify as lower middle class and have been university educated. One of us is a healthcare worker, the other works as a support worker in an academic institution. We identify with left wing views. However, as we highlight in our explanation of media bias, we do not believe media bias is a left-wing or right-wing issue.

Nonetheless, we acknowledge the mid-20th century trend of thought highlighting the difficulty (impossibility?) of objective analysis. We allow that our experiences, opinions and interests will find their way into our articles.

We believe this differentiates us from mainstream journalists, who present themselves as “objective” and dismiss any indications to the contrary as a “conspiracy theory”!

We have told you about our own potential for bias, use our website to learn about bias in the rest of the media!