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portfolio.com - 5/1/2008
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The committee appointed with protecting The Wall Street Journal 's independence may be hesitant to critique the changes being pushed on the paper by new owner Rupert Murdoch, but one departing Journal -ist is less shy.
Here's the note longtime reporter James Bandler sent to his colleagues last night, praising the paper's history of long, complex stories, time-consuming investigations and ...
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... 's new régime at the paper—and its aversion to long-form journalism. In his farewell note, James Bandler says his former editors "understood that great Journal stories—whether complex corporate probes or powerful narratives—can take weeks, if not months of reporting time." For another defense of the business newspaper's traditions, read the excellent comment by ' ...
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