The Wall Street Journal published a lengthy editorial Sunday depending its integrity in light of the phone hacking scandal involving its for 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.”
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The Daily Beast is covering how may get Hinton’s job.