The Wall Street Journal Editorial Shift

Ben Compaine, author of Who Owns the Media? has some interesting data from the Project for Excellence in Journalism on the shift in the WSJ editorial composition since it’s acquisition by News Corp.

before/after Murdoch

Compaine also ran some numbers a few years back in Reason.

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2 July 2008 : in Ideas, Network Politics : Leave a Comment

001- Gran Torino
Crusty, inflexible Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood) must confront his Hmong immigrant neighbors – and his own long-held prejudices – when the family's teen son, Thao, tries to steal Walt's beloved 1972 Gran Torino. Walt soon assumes the unlikely role of guardian angel to young Tao and his sister, who are vulnerable to disturbing ga […]
002- 13 Most Beautiful... Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests
In the 1960s, artist Andy Warhol filmed silent screen tests of the interesting visitors to his Factory studio in New York. This compilation, featuring songs by Dean & Britta, presents 13 such films starring Nico, Lou Reed, Dennis Hopper and others. Recorded with a 16mm Bolex camera on black-and-white film, the unique, undeniably classic portraits shine l […]
003- Terminal USA
Life is wild and crazy for a Japanese American clan that includes a morphine-junkie mom, a drug-dealing son, his skinhead-loving brother and their sex-crazed sister in this over-the-top satire that skewers wholesome sitcom families. Vengeful pom-pom girls, a pedophilic lawyer and a host of other unsavory characters pepper this bizarre delight from undergroun […]
004- Treasures IV: American Avant Garde Film: 1947-1986: Disc 1
This disc includes the following short films: "Film No. 3: Interwoven," "Notes on the Circus," "Here I Am," "Fake Fruit Factory," "Odds & Ends," "Eyewash," "Peyote Queen," "7362," "Aleph," "Note to Pati," "By Night with Torch and Spear," "Th […]
005- Treasures IV: American Avant Garde Film: 1947-1986: Disc 2
This disc includes the following short films: "Briges-Go-Round," "Go! Go! Go!," "Little Stabs at Happiness," "Chumlum," "Mario Banana No. 1," "I, an Actress," "The Off-Handed Jape... & How to Pull It Off," "Hamfat Asar," "Necrology," "Fog Line," "Nost […]
006- Amateur
Thomas (Martin Donovan) suffers from amnesia after hurtling out of a Manhattan window and meets an ex-nun, Isabelle (Isabelle Huppert), moonlighting as an erotica writer while waiting for God to give her a mission. Isabelle, a virgin, propositions Thomas. But right before she beds him, she's overcome with a strange feeling that leads to both of them unc […]
007- Promised Land
Andrzej Wajda's 19th century epic about the sweeping changes in values brought about by the industrial revolution impresses with its physical scope, masterful direction and fine acting. This new version of Wajda's masterpiece -- lensed in 1974 -- has been reedited by the director himself, and the picture and sound have been remastered for enhanced […]
008- The Pornographers
Yoshimoto Ogata believes it's his patriotic duty to provide smut to his fellow men. (He uses the profits from his 8mm films to support his lover and her two children.) Although never explicit, this movie contains intimations of incest, the exploitation of a mentally retarded girl and the creation of the perfect sex doll. Based on a scandalous novel, the […]
009- That Obscure Object of Desire
This Oscar-nominated erotic dark comedy was Luis Buñuel's final film. The story follows, in flashback, middle-aged Mathieu (Fernando Rey) and his obsession for the much younger, moody Conchita (played by both Carole Bouquet and Angela Molina). The two play a continuous tug-of-war with each other's desires, each trying to outlast the other at their […]
010- La Jetee / Sans Soleil
Two films from innovative sci-fi director Chris Marker make up this double feature: La Jetée follows a postapocalyptic Parisian astronaut who time-travels to be with his lover; Sans Soleil tells the tale of a globe-trotting, soul-searching cameraman. Marker employs still images in La Jetée, while Sans Soleil relies on narration of the cameraman's travel […]
011- Fires on the Plain
In director Kon Ichikawa's harrowing film set in the Philippines during World War II, a Japanese soldier, his emotional and physical resources nearly depleted, endures the vicissitudes of war. Ichikawa, whom some cineastes say was as talented as his better-known contemporaries, including Akira Kurosawa and Kenji Mizoguchi, had a way with infusing light […]
012- Contacts: Vol. 1: The Grand Tradition of Photojournalism
This disc features artists Henri Cartier-Bresson, William Klein, Raymond Depardon, Marc Riboud and others. […]
013- Contacts: Vol. 2: The Revival of Contemporary Photography
This disc features artists Sophie Calle, Nan Goldin, Sarah Moon, Andreas Gursky, Thomas Ruff and others. […]
014- Contacts: Vol. 3: Conceptual Photography
This disc features artists Thomas Struth, Wolfgang Tillmans, Roni Horn, Bernd and Hilla Becher and others. […]
015- The World of Jacques Demy
For a change, French New Wave auteur Jacques Demy is in front of, instead of behind, the lens in this fascinating documentary -- directed by his wife, filmmaker Agnes Varda -- that looks at Demy's life and his work. Get to know the director of the seminal Bay of Angels, Lola and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg through the eyes of those closest to him. […]
016- Bukowski: Born into This
Shot over seven years by filmmaker John Dullaghan, this intimate portrait of writer Charles Bukowski reveals a tortured man who survived years of abuse to produce some of the most influential prose of his generation. Packed with interviews with friends and colleagues, the film also showcases rare footage culled from every phase of Bukowski's past, inclu […]
017- Cleo from 5 to 7
A woman delves into the inner depths of her soul and resurfaces transformed in this 1962 film by French director Agnes Varda. Young singer Cleo (Corrine Marchand) strolls along the bustling Paris streets, pondering the meaning of life and her own existence as she awaits the results of her cancer biopsy. Cleo's observations offer a close look at Paris […]
018- Woman in the Dunes
Hiroshi Teshigahara's award-winning drama centers on a bug expert (Eiji Okada) conducting research who's captured by locals. Held captive in a sandpit with a young widow, he struggles with his imprisonment -- and his growing attraction to the woman (Kyôko Kishida). Based on Kobo Abe's novel, the provocatively erotic allegorical film earned the […]
019- My Architect: A Son's Journey
Documentarian Nathaniel Kahn examines the life and career of his father, Philadelphia architect Louis I. Kahn (1901-1974), whose work included the Salk Institute and the Parliament and Capitol Buildings in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The elder Kahn died of a heart attack in a Penn Station bathroom in 1974, unidentified and broke despite having been one of the century […]
020- Jean Cocteau's Orphic Trilogy: Disc 1: The Blood of a Poet
This disc includes the film The Blood of a Poet. Jean Cocteau attempts to portray the mind of a poet, with artist Lee Miller playing a reanimated statue and Enrique Rivero in the role of Cocteau. This disc features a meticulously restored version of the classic film and includes behind-the-scenes photographs, a documentary by Edgardo Cozarinsky, a1983 transc […]