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  • NY Times stoops to new low … lobbied unnamed journalistic prize committee against awards to WSJ

    12/17/2009 5:24:57 AM PST · by Corky Boyd · 4 replies · 147+ views
    Island Turtle ^ | December 17, 2009 | Corky Boyd
    This incredible revelation came to light in a letter Monday from Wall Street Journal managing editor Robert Thompson to a number of news organizations. It was a response to a NY Times article by David Carr entitled “Under Murdoch, Tilting Rightward at the Journal.” Carr's somewhat snarky article accused the Journal of tainting its reputation as “one of the crown jewels of journalism” into a more mundane conservative newspaper and that it was assuming a pro-business, anti government stance. The Times accusing the Journal of sullying its reputation with biased journalism??? What chutzpah! The Journal’s response was quoted in Editor...