Colleagues,
This week a senior editor at the Wall Street Journal attempted to take a graphic offline because the facts it
contained were not politically palatable. When that failed, it was "de-surfaced," or, in other terms, taken off the
front page and links were removed to it from as many places as possible. After an early flurry of traffic, views
plummeted. This is censorship and it is beneath the standards of the Wall Street Journal. It isn't the first time,
either.
We propose "resurfacing" the graphic far and wide. Please share it with anyone you can, on Linkedin, Twitter
and Facebook, or any other platform.
Separately, we propose a massive tweet of the graphic at 12 p.m. (EST) / 5 p.m. (GMT) / 12 a.m. (Hong Kong).
Please forward this message to anyone who you believe shares these values. Please forward this, whether in
part or full to as many people at the WSJ as possible.
Here is the built-in social language:
How The World Has Changed Since 2008 Financial Crisis https://graphics.wsj.com/how-the-world-haschanged-since-2008-financial-crisis/ via @WSJGraphics
"Our business is publishing information, not withholding it. When there is news available about so vital a
segment of our economy as the automobile industry we intend to be free to use our own best judgment about
publishing it, undeterred by the fact that it may not be 'authorized'." -- 1954 Wall Street Journal editorial facing
down General Motors