http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/05/28/the-bancrofts-final-wsj-capitulation/ A slice of lime in the soda Sat, 25 May 2013 16:48:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/05/28/the-bancrofts-final-wsj-capitulation/comment-page-1/#comment-15280 steamboatbill Sat, 29 May 2010 13:41:02 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=4054#comment-15280 Long before Murdoch, the Bancrofts had handed editorial control to the despicable Robert Bartley, who was proudly to the right of Attila the Hun. The WSJ fight was never about "principles" since the family was disengaged from the paper. It was about the difference between being the owners of a famous property and merely being rich. Rich is better. Long before Murdoch, the Bancrofts had handed editorial control to the despicable Robert Bartley, who was proudly to the right of Attila the Hun. The WSJ fight was never about “principles” since the family was disengaged from the paper. It was about the difference between being the owners of a famous property and merely being rich. Rich is better.

]]> http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/05/28/the-bancrofts-final-wsj-capitulation/comment-page-1/#comment-15275 gstern Sat, 29 May 2010 08:01:28 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=4054#comment-15275 Yep, that is pretty much the only moral compass we have left in this country. Money. Nothing matters more. Yep, that is pretty much the only moral compass we have left in this country. Money. Nothing matters more.

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