I think people are dramatically overstating the degree to which the WSJ has increased its political content. There's a slight swing, but I believe people's perceptions are exaggerated because of what they expect from Murdoch.<p>I also think it's rare to talk about economics in a way that's free of political bias.  I think most of the time the bias is just subliminal, and people are more likely to notice on WSJ at the moment due to Murdoch.<p>The bigger problem for me with the WSJ is that it seems to include more and more "soft" economic news (lifestyle, human interest, etc) and less "hard" news.  I don't have hard data on it, but it feels that way.  Could be my own version of Murdoch awareness.