Re: Now I understand why Murdoch rags were so vehement on BrExit
But, oddly enough, the Sky News website seemed to be very much pro-Remain. Go figure.
I suspect that they needed to present themselves as "unbiased". So they split so that the LEAST influential and LEAST likely to influence the result of the referendum part drew the short Remain straw. The real kingmakers of past (and present) elections threw their weight where that was needed for their parent corporate owner.
Yeah. "Free Press". Quotes intended and needed.