Comments on: Political Bias? Wall Street Journal Editor Fires Back At New York Times

By: m

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:05:43 +0000

Those things are done by conservative governments around the world. France is ruled by a majority of conservatives. Sarkozy is a conservative. He’s done basically the same thing.

Congratulations, you just discovered you’re a super far-right winger.

By: MartiniShark

MartiniShark — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:30:08 +0000

@ m

Fealty to other nations may be your thing but comparing us to every other socialized government does not win you the argument. When we have a government that effectively owns private entities, has the power to fire CEOs, and install retro-active taxes against contracted salaries as a PR move it is not only in America that such actions are called socialist.

By: ImNotBlue

ImNotBlue — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:55:59 +0000

m says:
December 14, 2009 at 4:17 pm

In every other country in the world Obama is a conservative.

1) Who cares.
2) No he’s not.
3) And?

By: m

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:17:27 +0000

In every other country in the world Obama is a conservative. Only in America he’s called a socialist by the right-wingers. This says a lot about how extremely, extremely, hyper-far right the American right wing is.

By: germ

germ — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:24:14 +0000

The farther the Times pushes to the left, the more the center is going to seem “far right.”

By: MartiniShark

MartiniShark — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:06:33 +0000

The Climate-gate issue tells it all. At The Times they said they would not publish the released email because they were never intended for public exposure. When it came to Sarah Palin’s personal emails however — they had zero problem linking to those.

The best comparison however comes in the dishonesty regarding financial matters on a nationwide scale. WSJ has always been straightforward with economic numbers, regardless who is in office, NYT not so much. Note how Bush had a dismal economy, according to the Times, back when unemployment was at the 4% level, and now we are told there are rosy signs when unemployment rises at a slower pace than expected, ignoring the 10% figure that continues to climb.

By: m

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:59:31 +0000

Dear god no, please don’t give America another Murdoch-style ragsheet. I wonder when WSJ will decide to put naked women on page 3.

By: TfT

TfT — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:50:59 +0000

Pinch and Keller have destroyed the NYTimes. There was a day the paper was respected, but that is long gone. I too look forward to the day the times ceases publication. The double standard, its use of “anonymous sources”, the publication of TS code word info on its front pages, and it’s lack of honest reporting on climategate have further diminished the NYTimes to bird cage liner. GIGO.

By: J Baustian

J Baustian — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:26:34 +0000

I’ve been a subscriber to the WSJ since the late 1970s and continue to be very satisfied with its coverage of news and opinion.

In the 1970s and early 1980s I was an occasional reader of the New York Times, but that was a long time ago. Its editors have no grounds for complaining about the editorial standards at the WSJ. The Times has turned into a contemptible paper and there will be no tears from me on the day it ceases publication.