Has 'The Wall Street Journal' Gone Overboard With its Facebook IPO Coverage?

We’re just waiting for a Facebook tab to appear on The Wall Street Journal’s homepage: The newspaper has been covering with great speed and interest this week's initial public offering roadshow. Indeed, Facebook has become something of a mainstay as of late.

We’re just waiting for a Facebook tab to appear on The Wall Street Journal’s homepage: The newspaper has been covering with great speed and interest this week’s initial public offering roadshow. Indeed, Facebook has become something of a mainstay as of late.

The newspaper has been covering the IPO roadshow trail since it began Monday, and now it is actually using the social network’s own timeline tool, which launched in March, to further the narrative. It unveiled a Facebook page called Tracking FB’s IPO, with tech support from Facebook.

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