The New New Wall Street Journal
The Project for Excellence in Journalism was reported by Portfolio.com as having compared the front page of the Wall Street Journal pre- and post-Murdoch and commented on the change in news focus.
It's a load of bull. Not that Murdoch hasn't made changes (and who knows what the extent of those changes are), but the periods compared (mid-August through mid-December (PrePeriod) versus mid-December through mid-March (PostPeriod)) aren't remotely comparable. I think mid-December 1999 through mid-March 2000 would have been a better comparison, with a similarly hard-fought early primary season. Or, they could have compared how the front page of the NYTimes changed from the PrePeriod through PostPeriod compared to the changes at the Wall Street Journal.
It's a load of bull. Not that Murdoch hasn't made changes (and who knows what the extent of those changes are), but the periods compared (mid-August through mid-December (PrePeriod) versus mid-December through mid-March (PostPeriod)) aren't remotely comparable. I think mid-December 1999 through mid-March 2000 would have been a better comparison, with a similarly hard-fought early primary season. Or, they could have compared how the front page of the NYTimes changed from the PrePeriod through PostPeriod compared to the changes at the Wall Street Journal.
posted by Daniel Holzer at 11:15 AM
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