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Rupert Murdoch and the Future of Journalism
Would Rupert Murdoch bring tabloid journalism to the Wall Street Journal? Would he sacrifice its credibility to his own financial and political interests? Also, President Bush vetoes another stem-cell bill, and is New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg looking toward the White House?
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenWould Rupert Murdoch bring tabloid journalism to the Wall Street Journal? Would he sacrifice its credibility to his own financial and political interests? We consider those questions and others about the takeover bid that has the journalism and business worlds in an uproar. Also, President Bush vetoes another stem-cell bill and, on Reporter's Notebook, is the Mayor of New York looking toward the White House? Could an Independent candidacy succeed?
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3 storiesBush Vetoes Stem Cell Bill
President Bush has cast only two vetoes during his presidency, one of them against stem-cell research . Today he will veto another stem-cell bill , as he signs an executive order promoting alternative scientific inquiry that could sidestep ethical issues. Sheryl Gay Stolberg is at the White House for the New York Times .
Read the story6 minRupert Murdoch and the Wall Street Journal
Will the Wall Street Journal fall into the hands of a " power-mad, rapacious right-wing vulgarian? " That's how The Atlantic magazine says many people view Rupert Murdoch , whose bid for Dow Jones , including the Wall Street Journal, was a shot heard around the worlds of American business, international finance and journalism.
Read the story36 minMichael Bloomberg for President?
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg was on the cover of Time this week with California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger , a Republican who wants to be "post-partisan." Yesterday, Bloomberg announced he's leaving the GOP to become officially Independent.
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