Well-Known Murdoch Critic Leaves WSJ

New York Observer:

While at the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal, Tunku Varadarajan was one of Rupert Murdoch's toughest critics--especially regarding News Corp.'s relationship with the Chinese government.

Here's how one anti-Murdoch screed began: "Rupert Murdoch, a master practitioner of the corporate kowtow, has instructed his son James perfectly in the craft of craven submission to the communist regime in China."

So it's strange that when the New York Post reported today that Mr. Varadarajan is leaving the Journal for academia, his criticism of Mr. Murdoch--who also happens to own the Post--wasn't mentioned.

Read the whole story: New York Observer

Comments

[Beardedfish]

11:15 PM on 09/14/2007

To be honest I like all these developements. I subscribe to The Economist and love it. Hopefully Murdoch will overreach, thus damaging WSJ's reputation, allowing papers like The Economist a chance to slide in.

[oceanlover]

04:09 PM on 09/14/2007

And so it came to pass....

As we all predicted...