WSJ coverage changes
Writing by abuhatem on Sunday, 25 of May , 2008 at 3:22 pm
Rupert Murdoch’s right-wing neoconservative media empire expanded greatly when he took over the Wall Street Journal earlier this year. However, of all of Murdoch’s outlets (Fox News, Newsday, SKYNews, Fox Radio) the only two which are actually decently run by decent directors are the Times of London (the British can’t go without hard news) and the Wall Street Journal.
The Project for Excellence in Journalism, an excellent media watchdog, did a study on the changing coverage of the WSJ. I have noticed the WSJ’s coverage go more political including commentary by political hack (but genius strategist) Karl Rove biweekly. PEJ discusses how the WSJ is changing the tone of its coverage, cutting down on the business side, to provide a strong alternative to the New York Times and be competitive.
In the free market, especially the dying market of newspapers, this competition may broaden the base and thus give Murdoch’s neocon views more of an outlet as well as make money. Hopefully, WSJ doesn’t do to the Times (which is already far from perfect) what Fox did for CNN. CNN is finally making its comeback and has almost beat Fox without copying the Fox model, yet the Times at least retains some hard news and it would be very sad for them to lessen their standards to compete with the WSJ.
Here is a PEJ found concerning the WSJ’s shift in coverage vis-a-vis The Times:
Category: The media
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