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Wall Street journal isn’t right leaning [0]. This may be a case of Overton window at work. [1] A google search says NYT categorizes them as leaning conservativ

Wall Street journal isn’t right leaning [0]. This may be a case of Overton window at work. [1] A google search says NYT categorizes them as leaning conservative, which given the climate is like asking Russia if they think Ukraine is the bad guy. This just further displays what the author was probably getting at, that were in different realities based on the assumptions made. To be a classic moderate of the early 2000’s is unheard of in mainstream “discussions”, yet I’d bet many adult Americans hold a moderate view. As a society we don’t know how to handle the insane communication technology we have, and not many know how to effectively filter stuff out (I sure don’t fully know) [0] https://www.allsides.com/news-source/wall-street-journal-media-bias https://www.allsides.com/news-source/wall-street-journal-med... [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window

crenwick 4y ago
The author may have pulled data from WSJ news and opinion https://www.allsides.com/news-source/wall-street-journal-opinion https://www.allsides.com/news-source/wall-street-journal-opi...
skywal_l 4y ago
On this site, 25% of people believe that Fox News is Left/Center Left [0]. I wouldn't give much credit to those polls. [0] https://www.allsides.com/blog/fox-news-bias-rated-right-allsides-blind-bias-survey https://www.allsides.com/blog/fox-news-bias-rated-right-alls...
hadrien01 4y ago
But can you trust "allsides.com" to be impartial in its determination? Another widely known website [0] classifies the WSJ as centre-right (which as a European I would tend to agree more). According to Wikipedia [1], AllSides was founded... by a Republican. [0] https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/wall-street-journal/ https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/wall-street-journal/ [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AllSides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AllSides
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the_gastropod 4y ago
Not sure linking to a source saying the WSJ is “Center” really is sufficient here. Here’s another showing they’re center-right: https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/wall-street-journal/ https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/wall-street-journal/ But let’s cut to the chase: The WSJ is a Murdoch-owned paper. It’s not as egregious as his other brands, but it’s hardly without bias.
dekhn 4y ago
WSJ is classic economic conservative- and has slowly leaned more and more leftwards (towards the center) socially over the past decade. Same place the NYT ended up- probably an outcome of socially liberal people becoming wealthy and realizing that there are problems with extremely left politics. It's been a really fascinating shift to watch which is also not completely surprising.

crenwick 4y ago

The author may have pulled data from WSJ news and opinion https://www.allsides.com/news-source/wall-street-journal-opinion https://www.allsides.com/news-source/wall-street-journal-opi...

skywal_l 4y ago

On this site, 25% of people believe that Fox News is Left/Center Left [0]. I wouldn't give much credit to those polls. [0] https://www.allsides.com/blog/fox-news-bias-rated-right-allsides-blind-bias-survey https://www.allsides.com/blog/fox-news-bias-rated-right-alls...

hadrien01 4y ago

But can you trust "allsides.com" to be impartial in its determination? Another widely known website [0] classifies the WSJ as centre-right (which as a European I would tend to agree more). According to Wikipedia [1], AllSides was founded... by a Republican. [0] https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/wall-street-journal/ https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/wall-street-journal/ [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AllSides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AllSides

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the_gastropod 4y ago

Not sure linking to a source saying the WSJ is “Center” really is sufficient here. Here’s another showing they’re center-right: https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/wall-street-journal/ https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/wall-street-journal/ But let’s cut to the chase: The WSJ is a Murdoch-owned paper. It’s not as egregious as his other brands, but it’s hardly without bias.

dekhn 4y ago

WSJ is classic economic conservative- and has slowly leaned more and more leftwards (towards the center) socially over the past decade. Same place the NYT ended up- probably an outcome of socially liberal people becoming wealthy and realizing that there are problems with extremely left politics. It's been a really fascinating shift to watch which is also not completely surprising.