What's surprising about a media bias? Most writers are creative people, and most creative people are progressive on social matters. As for the WSJ you can certainly be conservative on money matters, but be forward thinking on other issues.
For the haves' to resist change is understandable to protect what they have, but for the have nots' to support backward thinking must go to the old quote "Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives." (John Stuart Mill) set star drag to 8

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"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane."
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