I thought it was understood that Op-Eds were written by mostly external contributors with agendas and hence why they should be treated differently than regular

I thought it was understood that Op-Eds were written by mostly external contributors with agendas and hence why they should be treated differently than regular articles by the readers. They also printed this letter by Putin: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/12/opinion/putin-plea-for-caution-from-russia-on-syria.html?hp&_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/12/opinion/putin-plea-for-cau... Doesn't mean they endorse the letter and it's content. And it seems like it would be wrong for them to be editing the content.