specifically : a historical process by which the semantic and connotative status of a word tends to decline

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    Well WSJ is center or center left depending on the day and who you ask. That’s the point though, to lend credibility and provide cover for their solidly right editorial/opinion pieces.

    OPs meme is the perfect example of how this is supposed to work, confusing the source and shifting the window with people that aren’t aware. “This is a liberal media news source, so this must be an accepted opinion in liberal media circles”

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      WSJ was center-right before it got bought up by the Murdochs, and while its news coverage hasn’t drifted too far post-acquisistion, its editorial page has slumped noticeably in the direction of Fox News.

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      The WSJ editorial staff called a bike share program “totalitarian communism”. The program was run by CitiBank.

      They are unhinged conservatives. They just don’t always let their privates hang out the way Alex Jones does.