Murdoch's Effect on the Journal: Slightly Dumber

Media wags and pundits have been whining about the dire consequences of Rupert Murdoch's purchase of the Wall Street Journal last year. Indeed, with Murdoch's professed desire for quicker, shorter stories, and his disapproval of quirky features running on the front page, it seems like the Aussie mogul intends to dumb down the business broadsheet. But exactly how dumb?

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