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If conservative billionaires are alike, the way WSJ has tanked since being bought by Murdoch portends that Time will be a disaster. (For example, it started pe
by stochastic_monk 9y ago
If conservative billionaires are alike, the way WSJ has tanked since being bought by Murdoch portends that Time will be a disaster.
(For example, it started peddling "Mueller needs to resign" nonsense after the indictments under easily falsifiable excuses.)
[See https://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/30/murdoch-fox-mueller-trump-244333. https://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/30/murdoch-fox-muelle...]
- adventured 9y agoWhat have the WSJ's subscriber numbers done since Murdoch purchased it?
- 1337biz 9y agoNeeds to be viewed also in context to the market.
- Bahamut 9y agoWSJ has always pedalled some dubious editorials like that, even before acquisition. I’d be curious to know what other differences there are though since they were acquired.
- lghh 9y agoLike most people, I'm sure no two conservative billionaires are alike.
- gozur88 9y agoSadly, while Murdock's people made the WSJ less of a quality paper, it's one of the few that still makes money, and that probably wouldn't have been the case without the changes.
- fjsolwmv 9y agoWSJ has always been famous for hard news and right-wing editorial page. They use the hardnews to lend credibility to their editorial.