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To also be fair, WSJ is hardly high caliber journalism, and since the sale to Murdoch has degraded significantly in quality
by meesterdude 10y ago
To also be fair, WSJ is hardly high caliber journalism, and since the sale to Murdoch has degraded significantly in quality
- josephpmay 10y agoI would disagree. Their opinion pages have become more conservative, but their business news and investigative reporting is just as good as it always has been.
- briandear 10y agoI agree. However I do always wonder why conservative views are devalued. I am a paid NY Times digital subscriber and I think the price is robbery however despite being conservative, I do find value in the other viewpoints. It seems like many equate conservative viewpoints as 'not worth supporting.' In my opinion, it's worth it for me to read the other side because I don't necessarily need an echo chamber reinforcing my own bias. Perhaps ironically, I subscribe to The NY Times and not the WSJ.
- 0xC0DECAFE2020 10y agoAnd therin lies the situation. WSJ is worth very little to the very many. I see it as just another editorialized website. Was it always that way? No. Paper editions of the wall street journal were very good, on occasion. Web editions in the new age of journalism, not even close. No where near worth even trying to go around their paywall.
- gm-conspiracy 10y agoThe beginning of the end for me with the WSJ was when they changed the printed size.