Under Murdoch, Tilting Rightward at The Journal (says NYT)

Wall Street Journal ^ | December 14, 2009 | David Carr

[reaganaut1]

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[U]nder Mr. Murdoch’s leadership, the [WSJ] is no longer anchored by those deep dives into the boardrooms of American business with quaint stippled portraits, opting instead for a much broader template of breaking general interest news articles with a particular interest in politics and big splashy photos. [...]

But there are growing indications that Mr. Murdoch, a lifelong conservative, doesn’t just want to cover politics, he wants to play them as well.

A little over a year ago, Robert Thomson, The Journal’s top editor, picked Gerard Baker, a columnist for The Times of London, as his deputy managing editor. Mr. Baker is a former Washington bureau chief of The Financial Times with a great deal of expertise in the Beltway. The two men came of age in the more partisan milieu of British journalism.

According to several former members of the Washington bureau and two current ones, the two men have had a big impact on the paper’s Washington coverage, adopting a more conservative tone, and editing and headlining articles to reflect a chronic skepticism of the current administration. And given that the paper’s circulation continues to grow, albeit helped along by some discounts, there’s nothing to suggest that The Journal’s readers don’t approve.

Mr. Baker, a neoconservative columnist of acute political views, has been especially active in managing coverage in Washington, creating significant grumbling, if not resistance, from the staff there. Reporters say the coverage of the Obama administration is reflexively critical, the health care debate is generally framed in terms of costs rather than benefits — “health care reform” is a generally forbidden phrase — and global warming skeptics have gotten a steady ride. (Of course, objectivity is in the eyes of the reader.)

[reaganaut1]

Oh, the horrors of a pro-business newspaper about business. What the Times considers pro-business is not wishing away economic realities, such as mandated universal coverage costing money or cap-and-trade raising energy prices.

[relictele]

To the Times, anything not deep red is unacceptable.

To restate: the Journal’s editorial and news divisions are separate. Read some of their news coverage and you will get a gutsful of liberalism.

[RangerM]

Perhaps others may know, have so-called “Conservative” newspapers had the same decline in circulation as the liberal rags?

If not, has this been addressed by anyone in MSM? (Note: may be a stupid question)

[Daisyjane69]

It makes perfect sense to me that, given a wildly left leaning administration, that the nation’s leading business newspaper, would begin to tack a bit “right.”

This is known as BALANCE. Something the NYT had better learn sooner, rather than later, if they hope to stay in business.

[bt-99]

What a load of horsehockey.
I have been reading the Journal daily for over 30 years and if anything theu are trying harder to get a more liberal viewpoint.

[bert]

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.......To be sure, this is Fox, which according to the White House is not a legitimate news organization because it reports the news even when it casts President Obama in a bad light........

Ha...... Unstated is the fact that WSJ is owned by News Corp same as Fox News. One wonders if Baghdad Bob Gibbs dare say the same thing about the WSJ.
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My comment above came from this thread

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407070/posts

Baghdad Bob Gibbs was taken out of the game and substitute offensive liar from the New York Times run in

[101voodoo]

What? The NYT is complaining about bias in the WSJ?

This is akin to Tiger Woods speaking out on the evils of adultry.

[Wpin]

“Mr. Baker, a neoconservative columnist of acute political views...”

Are the people at the New York Times so blind that they cannot see that they are propagandists of the worst kind? That is why their circulation keeps falling.

Oh well, it is probably their arrogance that prohibits their minds from seeing the truth.

[billorites]

Years ago I had a chip implanted in my brain stem.

Early every morning, while I sleep, I receive my conservative marching orders downloaded directly from the editorial pages of the WSJ and Manchester Union Leader.

[Timocrat]

The two men came of age in the more partisan milieu of British journalism.

We are so fortunate that we don't have a "partisan milieu" amongst the mainstream press in this country. (/s)

[scooby321]

a little question for the New York Times? Which paper is growing and which paper is dying?

[catnipman]

But there are growing indications that Mr. Murdoch Sulzberger, a lifelong conservative leftist, doesn’t just want to cover politics, he wants to play them as well.

There, fixed it.

[catnipman]

But there are growing indications that Mr. Murdoch, a lifelong conservative, doesn’t just want to cover politics, he wants to play them as well

The New York Obama Times said that????

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