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The WSJ news section is generally described as center-right, and the editorial pages as hard-right

• wolverine876 4y ago
  The WSJ is published by the same organization as Fox News.
• mancerayder 4y ago
  Hard-right implies nationalism or even fascism. I think you mean conservative. I think it's important to be able to articulate the ideas of those we disagree with. One can be supportive of right-wing economic ideas and socially conservative positions without being hard-right. I say this as a moderate reader of the WSJ, and not a Republican. The silo-ing of ideas leads to alienation among people and preconceptions of what the other people believe and who they are. That's tearing the country apart.
  • wolverine876 4y ago
    The WSJ advocated nationalism and was a fellow traveller with fascists during the Trump administration. The WSJ editorial page definitely includes substantional hard right content. > The silo-ing of ideas leads to alienation among people and preconceptions of what the other people believe and who they are. The WSJ is the most siloed of the major publications. I challenge you to find anything supporting a Democratic or liberal position. As I wrote in another comment, I once collected about two weeks of opinion articles, which IIRC was abouyt 200 of them. As I recall, only one included (not advocated) any support of a Democratic position, only three included any support of liberal positions. The NY Times covers the political spectrum, from Ross Douthat to Bret Stephens (former WSJ opinion page editor) to David Brooks, etc.
    • mancerayder 4y ago
      That's an un-nuanced take. The NYT or WP Editorials aren't? I will say things have improved but look at the headlines throughout 2020 and 2021, at least on U.S. social topics, of the NYT. The editorial page spilled outside of the opinion section. Almost every article about any topic, from domestic policies to art to education or health, was about an identity issue. BTW, Brett Stephens almost got booted, as the staff revolted, if you recall. However I'm not going to defend the WSJ - I'm only going to point out that you're overlaying your own political litmus tests and establishing a spectrum that reasonable people can disagree with. It doesn't matter if you polled 200 articles, because your criteria are debatable (along with Trump = fascism, and I loathe Trump). Fascism is something you could define objectively with agreed definitions with a historical context: there are philosophical underpinnings and political programs. Fascism as a label is not subject to arbitrary definitions outside of student activist circles.
      • wolverine876 4y ago
        These claims about the NYT are popular on the right, but can you substantiate them? Otherwise, it's just like the opinion pieces everywhere. > The NYT or WP Editorials aren't? I don't know about the WP, but I gave plenty of examples of the ideological spread of the NYT opinion pages. > t doesn't matter if you polled 200 articles, because your criteria are debatable OK, debate them! I think they are rather objective and uncontroversial.
    • RhysU 4y ago
      > I challenge you to find anything supporting a Democratic or liberal position. Three weeks ago the editorial section ran a piece by Joe Biden: https://www.wsj.com/articles/my-plan-for-fighting-inflation-joe-biden-gas-prices-economy-unemployment-jobs-covid-11653940654 https://www.wsj.com/articles/my-plan-for-fighting-inflation-...
      • wolverine876 4y ago
        Interesting, but it's a piece by the POTUS, so we might call that an exception.
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