Wsj.com/opinion

The Wall Street Journal ^ | January 10, 2008 | Editorial

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. . . Since 2000, we've operated in a dual world on the Web. The majority of our daily editorial offerings have remained behind a paid subscription wall at wsj.com/opinion, while our free site, OpinionJournal.com, offered select stories plus a few Web-only features. As of today, those two sites will merge and become a single free site for all Journal opinion, both in the U.S. and overseas editions, book reviews and liesure and arts. . . .

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The above is from the dead-tree version of the wsj editorial page. The link is to the opinionjournal page, which opens with:

Welcome We're rolling out a new Web site for the Journal editorial page, offering all of our editorials and op-eds, video interviews and commentary. Please enjoy our message of free people and free markets -- for free.

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Ping.

[1Old Pro]

Wow, to say this is HUGH is an understatement. I cut my “teeth” reading the print copy editorial/opinion page from the early 1980’s up until the early 90’s - it’s the best 15-20 minutes one can spend daily reading.

[NonValueAdded]

News? never paid for it.

;)

[billorites]

I had a chip implanted in my brainstem years ago.

Every night I receive marching orders direct from the editorial pages of the WSJ and Manchester Union Leader.

[Obadiah]

Okay, I just paid $99 for my subscription, do I get a refund or a rebate?

[maryz]

YAAAAAYY! Love it!

Thanks for posting!

[PAR35]

Thanks for posting this. I’ve already bookmarked the front page.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[cowtowney]

WSJ - best newspaper and editorial page in the country.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Okay, I just paid $99 for my subscription, do I get a refund or a rebate?

I started subscribing to the WSJ because I loved the editorial page, which I initially saw while visiting my in-laws (of blessed memory). We look at more of the paper now that they have tweaked their format (remember when it was all one section?).

The real question, of course, is how the paper can support their editorial page now that it is no longer supporting the paper. But I have long been of the opinion that the newspapers which Hamilton and Jefferson sponsored in which to wage their partisan battles with each other were the beginnings of political parties.

Maybe if you ask they would change your subscription from dead-tree to internet version . . . but of course if you wanted that you could have bought that in the first place.

[NY.SS-Bar9]

WSJ - best newspaper and editorial page in the country.

If you like open borders.

[Molly Pitcher]

Here’s the story with a good link...bookmarked..

[kbennkc]

The site keeps jacking me to subscribe . Whats up Rupert Murdock ? You have been playing footsies with clintons too much .

[Obadiah]

Maybe if you ask they would change your subscription from dead-tree to internet version . . . but of course if you wanted that you could have bought that in the first place.

Yeah, I used to have the dead-tree version for a number of years and am a charter subscriber to their online edition when it first became available. I have watched the changes at the paper over the years and unfortunately have witnessed a liberal slant become ever more pronounced in the news portion of the paper. The editorial section has been fairly consistent, despite the passing of Bob Bartlett, but I remained concerned that Murdoch and Co will tabloidize the paper in the manner they have done to FOXNews.

[Tanniker Smith]

Nice to have this back.

I got the e-version of the WSJ free at my last job.
It was one of the few papers that I thought could demand and get a fee for its online version. Ah, but times are changing.

[SuziQ]

Since I already receive the Opinion Journal every day, in my inbox, I’m hoping they’ll just shift me on over the the full product!

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I have watched the changes at the paper over the years and unfortunately have witnessed a liberal slant become ever more pronounced in the news portion of the paper. The editorial section has been fairly consistent, despite the passing of Bob Bartlett, but I remained concerned that Murdoch and Co will tabloidize the paper in the manner they have done to FOXNews.

It's true that FNC is middle of the road at best, and what we actually need is an outright conservative channel. Given how successful youtube has been, I question whether a conservative internet channel wouldn't be perfectly feasible.

[A.Hun]

Thanks for the heads up.

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News? never paid for it.

I think it worthwhile to draw a sharp distinction between what is conventionally called "news" and frank opinion such as is on offer at WSJ.com/opinion.

For example, some years back there was a report which claimed a sharp increase in the disparity between the haves and the have-nots. Congressman David Obey (D, Michigan) seized on the report and ran with it, despite the fact that he was warned that it didn't smell right. I shrugged my shoulders instead of fretting myself over it, saying "I don't know what's wrong here, but I'm sure the editorial page of the WSJ will sort it out for me in time." Sure enough, two or three days later the editorial page came through - explaining that a single data entry had been off by a factor of ten, and after the error was corrected the data was unremarkable.

So "News" is what Rush calls "drive-by media." Editorials - certainly WSJ editorials - are news that's been "saucered and blowed" and are far more responsible for it.

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