Fairfax boss shocked at papers' left-wing culture

Former Fairfax ceo Fred Hilmer has made a series of newsworthy revelations in his book, The Fairfax Experience: What the management texts didn't teach me, which covers his period at the Australian publishing group from 1998 until his departure in 2005. He confessed that he struggled to cope with a left-leaning editorial culture at papers such as the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, and was surprised that journalists saw themselves as advocates rather than simply reporters. He also revealed that he considered selling the papers because of the problems caused by losing classified advertising to the internet. (Via The Australian)