Is the DOJ Trying to Punish the Charleston Gazette?
Daily Kos, perhaps the best known of the liberal blogs, offers a political perspective on the reason the Department of Justice has challenged the Charleston Gazette's 2004 purchase of the Daily Mail:
"Of all the media mergers that have happened over the last six years, the Justice Department decides to punish a paper known for its investigative journalism, and restore one known for parroting conservative talking points. How's that for a coincidence?"