Original sentence: It was founded in 2004 by lawyer and failed Conservative politician Ezra Levant as a sequel publication to the Alberta Report, which went out of business in June 2003 due to a declining subscriber base.Noted columnists in the Western Standard include Ted Byfield, founder of the Alberta Report and father to Albert Conservative senator-elect Link Byfield, Mark Steyn, Colby Cosh and David Warren.The Western Standard bills itself as Western Canada's leading news magazine and is printed every two weeks.The Western Standard is widely recognized to have a strong conservative bias but its publisher, Ezra Levant, maintains that its stories are fair and balanced.The magazine's subtitle is "The Independent Voice of the New West" and it aims for a brash, outspoken approach to social and political issues that has been described as "mean-spirited conservatism at its worst"
Edited sentence: It was founded in 2004 by politician and lawyer Ezra Levant as a sequel publication to the Alberta Report, which went out of business in June 2003.Noted columnists in the Western Standard have included Ted Byfield, who founded the Alberta Report in 1979, Mark Steyn, Colby Cosh and David Warren.The Western Standard has been accused of having a pro-conservative bias but its publisher, Levant, has maintained that the news coverage is fair and balanced.The Western Standard is Western Canada's leading news magazine.The magazine was launched under the banner "The Independent Voice of the New West" and quickly gained notoriety among the Canadian political and media community for its brash, outspoken approach to social and political issues