The Wall Street Journal’s reporters want Rupert Murdoch’s money – and
they’re not shy about asking for it. Jeff Bercovici tells
us that they’re going to be "picketing and chanting slogans in front
of their offices at 200 Liberty Street from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m." today.
Chanting slogans, eh? I’m sure that Murdoch would love his reporters to be
happy – although it’s worth noting that he doesn’t actually own Dow Jones
yet – but I very much doubt that chanted slogans are going to sway him
very much. This is the man, remember, who fired 6,000 newspaper workers in the
UK when they went on
strike in 1986.
On the other hand, the WSJ’s hacks are surely grateful right now that their
new boss is Murdoch rather than Vladimir
Putin. Truly, the sale of Dow Jones to News Corp is looking more than ever
like the least-worst option for the company.