I was first introduced to the Brooklyn Paper by a political friend who told me that it was the place local insiders went to find out what was up politically in Brooklyn. When Rupert Murdoch bought the Brooklyn Paper, I was horrified. Everything that Murdoch touches goes down hill, its accuracy suffering because of his extremist political ideology.

Well the Brooklyn Paper HAS gone downhill, but not quite as fast as I had predicted. But I have already noticed a Foxification of its style which I predict will continue.

I think a clear indication that the Brooklyn Paper will become just another lousy, biased rag in Murdoch's portfolio is the fact that starting Friday the Brooklyn Paper will now be included inside the already extremist, inaccurate and biased New York Post. The Brooklyn Paper is now going to symbolically be embraced by one of the worst papers in the world. Sadly, I once relied on the Brooklyn Paper to give me some insider perspective on local politics. Now, though it still occasionally fulfills its old function, it is clearly not to be trusted and it is very unlikely that I will be citing any Brooklyn Paper rags without first confirming from other, more reliable sources.