Comments on: How Wall Street stoked the mortgage meltdown http://polizeros.com/2007/07/06/how-wall-street-stoked-the-mortgage-meltdown/ Musings on politics: anti-war, global warming, peak oil and otherwise Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:04:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Joe Hartley http://polizeros.com/2007/07/06/how-wall-street-stoked-the-mortgage-meltdown/#comment-139172 Joe Hartley Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:24:02 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2007/07/06/how-wall-street-stoked-the-mortgage-meltdown/#comment-139172 It has always astonished me that the vilest of editorial pages outside (so far) of Murdoch still manages to produce world-class news stories. But such is the Wall Street Jouranl which, despite its limited coverage, probably unearths and reports pound for pound more hard news than any other newspaper in the country. (You would be aghast, Bob, to see the rapid decline of the LA Times since you left.) Even the editorial pages (as opposed to the editorials) of the WSJ often amaze and astound. Before the ill-conceived expedition into Iraq was launched--back in 2002, I think--Brent Scowcroft wrote an opinion piece on the editorial page that accurately predicted exactly what happened. For the most part, however, the editorial pages should be avoided by people with any conscience whatsoever, lest they develop stroke-level blood pressure after reading the calumnies and lies that are what pass as "opinion" on the right. It has always astonished me that the vilest of editorial pages outside (so far) of Murdoch still manages to produce world-class news stories. But such is the Wall Street Jouranl which, despite its limited coverage, probably unearths and reports pound for pound more hard news than any other newspaper in the country. (You would be aghast, Bob, to see the rapid decline of the LA Times since you left.)

Even the editorial pages (as opposed to the editorials) of the WSJ often amaze and astound. Before the ill-conceived expedition into Iraq was launched–back in 2002, I think–Brent Scowcroft wrote an opinion piece on the editorial page that accurately predicted exactly what happened. For the most part, however, the editorial pages should be avoided by people with any conscience whatsoever, lest they develop stroke-level blood pressure after reading the calumnies and lies that are what pass as “opinion” on the right.

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