The Wall Street Journal published a lengthy editorial Sunday stressing the integrity of both its publication as well as its former publisher and CEO, Les Hinton. “In nearly four years at the Journal, Mr. Hinton managed the paper’s return to profitability amid a terrible business climate,” the paper’s editorial board wrote. “He did so not solely by cost-cutting but by investing in journalists when other publications were laying off hundreds. On ethical questions, his judgment was as sound as that of any editor we’ve had.” The paper also addressed the scandal-ridden papers also owned by their parent company, and the sharks circling around its leader, Rupert Murdoch. “The Schadenfreude is so thick you can’t cut it with a chainsaw. … We realize how precious that reader trust is, and our obligation is to re-earn it every day.”
Of course one could ask if he committed no crime then why did he resign?
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