Today's Salon includes a wee little op-essay by Steven Yount, president of Independent Association of Publishers' Employees (IAPE), the union that represents more than 2,000 employees of Dow Jones. Fair and balanced? Nope:

I believe our members' interests are best served by adherence to the principle of editorial independence within a company whose only mission is reporting the news. As journalists and union members we see no upside in reducing Dow Jones to a tiny appendage of a global conglomerate with financial, political and regulatory interests alien to what we do.

Yount, you'll recall, is the guy who tried unsuccessfully to get Warren Buffett and Ron Burkle's Yucaipa Companies to counter Rupe's News Corp.'s bid.