Unfortunately, it is absolutely normal for rich newspaper owners to hire editors who share their views. The editors then hire people with opinions. Many of them will be people who share the editor's opinion.
And so on.
It's an unfortunate fact that ownership affects opinions.
But the good news is that if there's a readership for different opinions, you'll usually find one newspaper or another occupying it.
As regards truth, the entire Republican edifice is built upon denial of reality in favour of dogma, faith and cult worship of the orange fatty. So it's not that surprising that the WSJ has adopted the same stance.
I don't know how the US is going to solve the problem of dishonesty in the GOP. It's a hard thing to rid a country of corruption, intellectual or otherwise. I certainly don't think the US will remain a top superpower if this is the new normal. Trust is a major element of wealth and authority.
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