What are the styles of the two?

[v0031]

I mainly read NY Times and wsj.com. What are the styles of the two?

[Franzl]

Style in what way? Politically?

The New York Times has an American liberal reputation. I don't think it's as liberal as its critics claim it is....but the editorial bias does clearly favor Democrats. They also have a quite internationalist aspect, more likely than most other news sources in the U.S. to report about things outside the country.

The WSJ is a conservative paper, supporting Republican policies more often than not.....a good paper, definitely, but not really shy of supporting economic liberalism.

[v0031]

Which is much easier for Asian readers?

[tpfkaw]

What Franzl said, basically.

NYT seems to put more emphasis on "lifestyle" stuff, WSJ is more "serious."  (Although both are getting less "serious" - NYT faster).

WSJ obviously puts a great more emphasis on economic news, given its nature.  I'd say that WSJ is slightly less prone to editorializing outside the opinion page, but that is as much a function of what they report on as how they report it.

WSJ has no "regional" NY stuff, unlike NYT.

[J. J.]

Which is much easier for Asian readers?

I think you'd have to ask an Asian. 

The Wall Street Journal tends to be more business oriented.

[dead0man]

Another important thing to note....some people won't believe anything that comes from the WSJ and others won't believe anything from the NYT.  Don't get them started on what UK papers are "good" and which are "bad".

[Beet]

Wall Street Journal - Business. Conservative.

New York Times - Culture. Liberal.

[angus]

Which is much easier for Asian readers?

my wife's a citizen of the PRC, and she prefers the WSJ.

Which is really fucking wierd, imho.

I'd have thought that the bird cage liner known as the NYT would appeal more to the collectivist.

I guess it depends, as JJ intimated, upon which Asian you ask.  Asians, after all, represent about half of all humanity (3/6, last I recall), so it's not like you can lump them together like that.

Give us a break.  Do some homework for yourself, once in a while. 

[phk]

WSJ.

Asians tend to be pretty pro-business.

[Torie]

The WSJ is written at a slightly higher level (12th grade rather than 10th grade perhaps for the New York Times), and focuses of course more on financial issues, and how other issues impact economic ones and business. The WSJ in its reporting, is very unbiased in my opinion. By conscious design, there is, and has been since the Depression really, a Chinese Wall at the WSJ between the reporting side, and the Editorial Page, the latter of which is quite conservative, and sometimes I think just one long wet kiss to "the rich." This particular bourgeois sometimes cringes - it is that blatant and "un self aware" as it were. Back when I was in college and graduate school, however, under the Vermont Royster regime, the Editorial Page of the WSJ was indeed a joy to read, with its editorials closely reasoned, adducing facts and the like, written in a very elegant, almost British style, sometimes. I read them back then each and every day. I made it a point to do so.

The New York Times allows more its point of view to "infect" its reporting (particularly its choice of story coverage and placement), but it has a much broader compass than the WSJ.  However,  along with the WSJ, they are about the only papers left in the US that spend a lot of money on investigative reporting. It is sad that our press has come to that, but it has, because of financial problems.

And yes, I still read the WSJ, every day, although not every day the Editorial Page, or sometimes I glance at it, and move on, because I don't consider it worth my time.

[tpfkaw]

Basically the WSJ is like Torie.  Most of Tories posts could be WSJ articles and vice versa.

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NY Times - fairly centrist, which means that they usually endorse Democrats. Sure they have some liberals, but they were also beating the drums of war with Iraq.
Wall Street Journal - The first two words should tell you exactly which side they're on

[J. J.]

WSJ.

Asians tend to be pretty pro-business.

I was trying not to blatantly stereotype.

[Torie]

Which is much easier for Asian readers?

The WSJ has an Asian edition, produced out of Hong Kong I think. That might be your ticket.

[v0031]

What i have found is that the articles is WS is longer than that in NYT