Tom Ricks -- who has a new book The Gamble
just hit stores -- offers some insight into the culture of the Wall Street Journal:
just hit stores -- offers some insight into the culture of the Wall Street Journal:When I was a reporter at the Wall Street Journal (for 17 years), the joke on the news side was that the paper didn't need comic strips because the editorial page doubled as our funnies page. I think in the last few days that jibe has come true. First Karl Rove accused President Obama of politicizing the White House, and then John Yoo instructed Obama on how to handle detainees. Next up, Lindy England on how to run a prison? The CIA station chief from Algiers on women's rights?Sadly, the correct snark after the last eight years is "what's next? The Wall Street Journal editorial page on how to respond to the financial crisis?
