Newsweek | New York
Rupert Murdoch promises not to influence the Wall Street Journal's news pages, but the mogul's entire history says the opposite, writes
Allan Sloan. "My problem isn't his views, it's that I value journalistic independence. I hate to see any owner -- be it Murdoch or an ultraliberal -- impose political, economic and social views on anyone's news pages." Sloan bets that Murdoch will get Dow Jones by raising his bid a bit and luring a few more Bancroft family members to his side. ||
John Heilemann: "You have to admire the way he's been an unrelenting force for change."
