Liza Featherstone doesn't think too highly of what The Wall Street Journal seems to be moving towards - less business, more news and entertainment and all delivered in short bursts. She has a point.
Take the simple matter of mistakes in grammar, punctuation and facts. They have increased because there is no longer a copy desk. And, I'd wager that the closing of the library has added to the errors of fact.
Personally, I was shocked to see a Sports page in The Journal. Sure, Allan Barra has had a column for a while and it was usually quite interesting. But why does what was the premier business paper in this country need to waste a page on the same sports news we can get anywhere?
Time was when many Journal articles went to another page. That day is rapidly diminishing. The mantra seems to be shorter, faster and more current. That is not what made The Journal great. Featherstone asks whether the dropping of The Journal's competitive advantage of being #1 in quality, comprehensive, business reporting will result in the newspaper becoming another run-of-the-mill part of the mass media.
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