ALL media have their own bias. From reporting that Romanian immigrants are going to flood the country and that Ed Milliband's Father was a traitor to which Morris team wore the best costume and why Village United lost even though they played better! They get away with it all the time. They report what they want to and ignore the stories that they are not interested in. They are not fined because they are not telling untruths. They are just not giving the whole story.

Too right. There are four points regarding "the news" that we should always bear in mind: first, the media have limited broadcast time/print space in which to peddle their goods (so you always get potted versions, therefore judge not...). Second, they have to get masses of people interested in whatever they're peddling (so you get sensationalism). Third, you get political bias and vested interest (so you get Murdoch, Faux News and/or the Daily M*ail). Fourth, you get the subjective choice of whoever is putting the bloody stuff together as to what is news and what isn't, and, worse, as to what's more "important" than what. In all, you are fit to receive "the news" from our hallowed media only if you have a pee aitch bloody dee in cynicism. I've heard a fair bit lately about how "undemocratic" the EU is (though I tend never to forget that the EU has saved both me and my beloved son from being called up to fight yet another Europe-instigated war). In terms of democratic deficit, multinational corporations and banks win hands-down, followed by our media. The EU comes a bloody poor third.