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I only got a (truncated) Stanford undergrad experience.  That surely skews my perceptions of the university as a whole.  But over time it seems that all the news about Stanford both from inside the school and in the media are about the phenomenal growth of endowment, spending and graduate program development and influence.  And Stanford is so good at that.  Some Stanford moles must have worked their ways onto the editorial staffs and NPR News shows and Marketplace.  Seems you can hardly go a day without a story being graced comment from some Stanford scientist, economist, dean of some school or other, or professor.  All identified by repeating credit: "Stanford"  .  Paints a (true ) picture of riches, power and influence.  ....

In the pre-Murdoch days, the Walls Street Journal had a printing plant in Stanford Industrial Park. At one time, that plant included a news room and TV studio. I seem to recall Wall Street Journal funder clips at the beginning and end of NPR and PBS shows in those days. Although the Wall Street Journal editorial operation moved to San Francisco, I suspect that some established patterns of interaction have continued.

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I only got a (truncated) Stanford undergrad experience.  That surely skews my perceptions of the university as a whole.  But over time it seems that all the news about Stanford both from inside the school and in the media are about the phenomenal growth of endowment, spending and graduate program development and influence.  And Stanford is so good at that.  Some Stanford moles must have worked their ways onto the editorial staffs and NPR News shows and Marketplace.  Seems you can hardly go a day without a story being graced comment from some Stanford scientist, economist, dean of some school or other, or professor.  All identified by repeating credit: "Stanford"  .  Paints a (true ) picture of riches, power and influence.  ....

In the pre-Murdoch days, the Walls Street Journal had a printing plant in Stanford Industrial Park. At one time, that plant included a news room and TV studio. I seem to recall Wall Street Journal funder clips at the beginning and end of NPR and PBS shows in those days. Although the Wall Street Journal editorial operation moved to San Francisco, I suspect that some established patterns of interaction have continued.