I read this morning that Rupert Murdoch, that peerless example of unbiased journalism, is planning a New York edition of the Wall Street Journal as an antidote to the biased reporting and "political agenda" of the New York Times. So soon we will have the Gotham Wars as these two publications square off in the Battle of New York.
Robert Thomson, the Managing Editor of the WSJ, pontificated in an editorial about the biased reporting and political slanting of the Times, to which the Times retorted that they welcomed the competition and pointed out for the WSJ that a few things had changed in the Big Apple---like the Dodgers and Giants had moved west, that Soho stood for South Houston and a few other changes.
I find it vastly amusing---and hypocritical---to see Rupert Murdoch and his henchmen play the role of unbiased reporters. If ever anyone had an agenda, Rupert Murdoch is the prime example of slanted journalism, in words and talk. His conservative agenda is first and foremost in anything he does, from Fox News on television to his newspapers.
Let the games begin! This should make for a fascinating display of verbal artillery shells raining down on us readers! The Conservative and Liberal armies will be in full array.
And the divide in America just keeps getting wider.
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