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> The new logo, a black square with 18F centered and a different font, wasn’t worth the time and doesn’t look as good. That was a really odd injection of opini

• vinay427 10y ago
  It's written by a columnist so is likely designed to be an editorial piece. Note some other examples of opinion snaked into the work: * "But like many digital-age start-ups, 18F, named after GSA’s 1800 F St. NW address, was long on vision but short on management." * "Not wanting the bad news to overshadow the good works, ..." * "It shows."
• personjerry 10y ago
  A surprising number of news pieces actually end up giving you some sort of opinion. As a made-up example, a news article on Samsung's falling stock might focus on its Note 7 failures, making the assumption (and thus giving the reader the impression) that the mobile phone is the main cause of the company's decreasing revenues, when in fact the company's general electronic components sales have been dying for months. But this slow decrease is much less sensational and might've missed the headlines. This sort of "opinion" is far more difficult to notice, but still exists in reporting in the form of attempting to speculate on the reasons behind the facts. This article just happens to be particular blunt about its assumptions.
  • kuschku 10y ago
    > This sort of "opinion" is far more difficult to notice, but still exists in reporting in the form of attempting to speculate on the reasons behind the facts. But that’s how it’s usually marked – as a seperate, independent part of the article, marked opinion or speculation, or by putting it in context.
• F00Fbug 10y ago
  The Washington Post has a lot of opinion for a newspaper! The whole thing is a big editorial!