Wall Street Journal Editor Expected to Resign »
Posted by: Dakota 4 months, 2 weeks agoMarcus W. Brauchli will step down as the top-ranking editor of The Wall Street Journal after less than a year in the job, four people briefed on the matter said on Monday, just four months after Rupert Murdoch took control of the paper.
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libsRfunny4 months, 2 weeks ago
"Mr. Murdoch has said publicly that he wants to make The Journal more of a general-interest newspaper, to compete more directly with The New York Times, though he insists he will not diminish its coverage of business."
Sounds like a dumb idea. The WSJ has a highly successful niche, and he wants to dilute it with general news people can get damn near anywhere else. Probably trying to make it more of an advertising vehicle.
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Isoparm4 months, 2 weeks ago
Don't hold back, tell us what you REALLY think! An accurate assessment though.
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Charlson4 months, 2 weeks ago
He wants another media outlet for his right wing propaganda machine. The WSJ has had a sterling reputation as a business newspaper and you've seen what a great reputation his other media vehicles have after his acquisitions.
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ETproductions4 months, 2 weeks ago
I think Murdoch's plan to turn the WSJ into a paper version of Fox News is going to backfire bigtime. He's betting the farm on the market value of right wing spin just as that right wing spinning is winding its way down.
More and more Americans are coming to see his propaganda for exactly what it is, propaganda. At least Fox News is free propaganda. But who is going to pay to get right-wing spin delivered daily to their door?
The Washington Times ought to hire up the rats leaving the sinking WSJ ship and shift their paper to heavily cover business news.
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Isoparm4 months, 2 weeks ago
lRf, you got this right, also increased propaganda, as well as more advertising.
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notnowbigdaddy4 months, 2 weeks ago
Umm, forgive a newbeie's astonishment, but what exactly is the "mid" part of you being "midleft"? If I ever run into anyone here who is "farleft", I'm gonna be right scared!
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dissent4 months, 2 weeks ago
being the patriarch that he is he wants a competent son. it seems the first two just aren't hardcore ruthless enough. he's still trying to breed the perfect heir.
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dissent4 months, 2 weeks ago
Umm, forgive a newbeie's astonishment, but what exactly is the "mid" part of you being "midleft"? If I ever run into anyone here who is "farleft", I'm gonna be right scared!
boo
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IAmMine4 months, 2 weeks ago
All you have to do is read the opinions page and letters to the editor about how far right this paper has already become...
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Grrr4 months, 2 weeks ago
Anybody who was a WSJ fan for the last 30 years knew this was going to happen the moment Rupert "I am the Illuminati" Murdoch bought it.
That leaves one real newspaper left in the US, it's always been one of the best, uses real reporters instead of wire stories, and has never displayed the bias of regional politics that all other newspapers seem to increasingly suffer from.
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obiefrommuskogee4 months, 2 weeks ago
Yup, CSmonitor is about the only real newspaper left. Or international papers. How sad.
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Isoparm4 months, 2 weeks ago
The WSJ will just become another vehicle for a Jewish Murdoch to promote through propaganda, more pro Israel support, at the expense of everyone else. How often does one ever see a story in main stream media that is critical of Israel? Close to never? Murdoch is consolidating.
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Isoparm4 months, 2 weeks ago
I was good with what you said, until you said, ". . .long list. . .". (Maybe phrasing?), although I agree with the exploitation. I heard about a poker parlor in Ca. that is Jewish-owned. The owner gives millions of dollars to Israel, where it is used to fund illegal settlement activity. I consider this funding to be no different than the funding that Muslim organizations have been accused of as aid for terrorist orgs. Those settlements are internationally recognized as being illegal (of course, since when did that matter?).
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obiefrommuskogee4 months, 2 weeks ago
Zionism is undermining America. Kick em out. No more dual citizenships for the greedy moneymongers.
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