Cable Gamers know that The New York Times has had in for Rupert Murdoch for decades--and that the Fading Grey Lady, led by Upper Class Twit of the Century Arthur "Pinch" Sulzberger Jr., above--really turned on the gas in the last few months, as The News Corp closed in on its successful effort to buy Dow Jones.
The deal went through, of course, because it made sense for Murdoch and the owners of The Wall Street Journal to come together for some synergy, especially with Fox launching its business channel.
But the Times couldn't let go. It filled up its Wednesday edition with anti-Murdoch stuff of the lowest order, including this rambling slag as the lede, being the second, third, and fourth grafs of a story in the business section:
It’s a sad day for journalism,” declared Jason R. Bader, a Wall Street lawyer who picks up The Journal every day on his way to work and said he had been watching the story develop with disdain.
Sitting under a tree at lunchtime in Zuccotti Park at Broadway and Liberty Street, Mr. Bader said he feared that The Wall Street Journal would take on the tone of another News Corporation media property: Fox News Channel, which he considers sensationalist and biased.
“Rupert Murdoch is the devil and I will never believe another word out of that paper,” Mr. Bader said. “I will never read it again.”
Shame on co-authors Louise Story and Angel Jennings, for devoting so much ink to Bader's rant.
Also, TCG couldn't help but notice that Brian Stelter , the legendary "TV Newser" blogger who got a job at the Times, is credited with "additional reporting." TCG always liked Brian, and so he will be given a pass from criticism--for now. It will be interesting to see if Brian drinks the Times' liberal Koolaid in the years to come, shifting from being the good reporter that he was to just another lefty hitperson.
