The Economist was established in 1843 with a belief in free trade, internationalism and minimum interference by government, especially in the affairs of the market.
All media organizations are reporting from their own world view. Some call this political alignment, some editorial leaning and, and some media bias. We call them Narratives.
Sites are mainly promoting views with Moderate or Liberal political alignment. They usually support the local Establishment with the exception of Trump. Yet, on a geopolitical level they are usually supporting the Western Coalition.
We’ve done research on who owns or funds the site so you can learn easier about possible funding bias or conflicts of interests.
a person who is either a public figure or who has otherwise influence in society
The reason we show relations to CFR, Bilderberg, Trilateral Commission and Chatham House is because there was a study made by Swiss Propaganda Research. They found out that many western news media have relations to those organizations.
Zanny Minton Beddoes (Editor-in-Chief) attended 2019-2013 and John Elkann (Board Member) attended 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2015.
The Economist is a Major Corporate Member.
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