From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point.

Rupert Murdoch and journalistic integrity.

Hello again, I'm Arminolny, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International,

a daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

Will the Wall Street Journal fall into the hands of a power-mad, rapacious right-wing vulgarian?

The Atlantic Monthly says that's how many people view Rupert Murdoch who wants to buy one of the world's most prestigious sources of news.

Looking at Fox News, the New York Post, and other properties, at least some conservatives are rubbing their hands.

The journal's own reporters are among those pleading with other billionaires to make a competing

offer. On To the Point, what does Murdoch want? What would his takeover mean for coverage of

corporate America and stories like the rising power of China? On reporter's notebook letter on, Michael Bloomberg.

For president?

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Hello again. Warren and Alney back with To the Point. Would Rupert Murdoch bring tabloid journalism to the Wall Street Journal?

Would he sacrifice its credibility to his own financial and political interests? On To the Point,

those questions and others about the takeover bid that has the journalism and business worlds in an uproar.

On reporter's notebook is the mayor of New York, looking toward the White House.

Could an independent candidacy succeed?

First, this news update.

Until today, President Bush had cast only two vetoes during his presidency, one of them

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