It’s what we call objective journalism

It doesn't get any clearer than this.

Just look at the lede stories atop today's New York Times and Wall Street Journal.

The NYT print hed reads: "Large donations aid U.S. Chamber in electon drive; Democrats top targets; Group doesn't disclose names of companies giving millions."

The WSJ print hed reads: "Campaign's big spender; Public-employees' union now leads all groups in independent election outlays."

The Times breathlessly reports year-old contributions to the Chamber from the likes of Prudential Financial, Dow Chemical, Goldman Sachs, Chevron and Texaco. The story says of these, "They suggest that the recent allegations from President Obama and others that foreign money has ended up in the chamber’s coffers miss a larger point: The chamber has had little trouble finding American companies eager to enlist it, anonymously, to fight their political battles and pay handsomely for its help."

But the WSJ reports the more current news that the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees has upped the ante to become the biggest outside spender in the 2010 elections.

"The 1.6 million-member AFSCME is spending a total of $87.5 million on the elections after tapping into a $16 million emergency account to help fortify the Democrats' hold on Congress," the newspaper reports. "Last week, AFSCME dug deeper, taking out a $2 million loan to fund its push. The group is spending money on television advertisements, phone calls, campaign mailings and other political efforts, helped by a Supreme Court decision that loosened restrictions on campaign spending."

Isn't it odd which facts each paper thought important enough to lede the paper?

Both pointed out that Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., publisher of WSJ, contributed to the Chamber.

WSJ also noted, "Previously, most labor-sponsored campaign ads had to be funded by volunteer donations. Now, however, AFSCME can pay for ads using annual dues from members, which amount to about $390 per person. AFSCME said it will tap membership dues to pay for $17 million of ads backing Democrats this election."

The paper noted the dues come from salaries paid for with tax money.