WSJ strengthens its political coverage

The Washington Post reports that since Rupert Murdoch took over the Wall Street Journal the newspaper has assumed a harder edge, particularly on politics, establishing the Journal as a high-profile player in the presidential campaign.
The steady flow of campaign stories on the Journal's front page is a departure for a newspaper that built its identity on business coverage, long features and quirky tales known as "A-heds."
"Mr. Murdoch wants to see the paper take on added urgency and broaden its areas of coverage," says Marcus Brauchli, the Journal's top editor. "He's very engaged in news. He knows what's going on. He's got good, strong ideas about journalism."
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