Doug Henwood wrote:

> True. It's a great newspaper. Even the tension between the editorial
> and news pages is interesting; it's fascinating to speculate why the
> monied want clear, honest reporting of the news, but when it comes to
> reflecting on the news, they prefer such tortured, dishonest crap.

For years I have been attempting to find the metaphor that will
communicate
this tension to non-readers of the WSJ. What synonym or metaphor for
liar will catch up the feel of the editorial pages. The sheer
extravagance of
those pages is breath-taking.

Carrol


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