The relentless Murdochization of the Journal continues. This weekend (August 27-28) was an especially good example.
First, consider the issue of geography. Here’s the first part of an article about Hurricane Irene:
Springfield, MA
There’s only one small problem. Springfield is indeed 90 miles from Boston, but it’s west of town, not north. If the residents are indeed evacuating, Irene must be a heck of a lot larger than forecasters are predicting.
Second, there’s a long review of a new biography of Jane Fonda (Patricia Bosworth, Jane Fonda: The Private Life of a Public Woman. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 596 pp., $30). The review is actually more of a commentary on Ms. Fonda’s life and questionable choices. But the Journal editors at least included a slideshow, including the following two images.
Jane Fonda singing to North Vietnamese soldiers in Hanoi, 1972
Jane Fonda as 'Barbarella' in her husband Roger Vadim's film, 1967
And don’t get me started about the headline that briefly read “Hurricane Hits Pummels U.S. Coast.”
