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With the exception of the "foaming at the mouth" conservatism on its editorial page, and lack of a sports section, the WSJ is consistently the best all-around American newspaper. They have, at times, been equally quick to praise the free-market credentials of someone like Jerry Garcia as they have of George W. Bush. Equal opportunity capitalists, if nothing else.
But I'm afraid they'll lose this 18-year subscriber if Murdoch takes the helm. AL is right that Rupert can't help but micromanage every pub he owns, and no doubt his purchase of the WSJ would be a sign that he intended to take American business journalism down the same troubling road as his other media ventures. Capitalism deserves a better advocate.
