[carolinablonde]

"The WSJ is fairly conservative (at least editorially) and yet they ran the same story as the NYT."

My impression was that the WSJ picked the story up from the Times. Perhaps that is incorrect.

I think the key word in your sentence is "editorially". Their staff reporters often seem to be more in line with the opinions of those at the NYT or WaPo.

[Gone GF]

The WSJ story was written by a WSJ staffer.