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It's an opinion piece, and that's usually what everyone says, "It's an opinion piece, it's not news." I would hope a newspaper would require their opinion auth
by Clubber 10y ago
It's an opinion piece, and that's usually what everyone says, "It's an opinion piece, it's not news." I would hope a newspaper would require their opinion authors to verify their supporting information at least. I understand that opinion pieces are meant to sway readers one way or another, but they shouldn't be allowed by the company to be underhanded in doing so, willfully or not.
The piece of misinformation you cited wouldn't sway everyone, but at least readers would be free to decide themselves in an informed manner. I mean that's why I read stuff, to be informed, it makes it useful to me. It just goes to show how entertainment based (tabloid) US "news" has gotten (all denominations.)
- virtuabhi 10y agoPlease look at my reply to parent comment. There is nothing incorrect in the article.
- AdamJacobMuller 10y agoI don't care if its an opinion piece, I care that its read as and promoted as being more like standard reporting. The line between opinion pieces and journalism, well, I'd say its blurry but I don't think it is anymore, I think its ceased to exist and that's a very bad thing indeed. I want a banner on top that says something like "While WaPo is happy to give Mrs Rampall a platform to voice her opinion, we would like to remind our readers that this article is opinion and does not necessarily represent the views of WaPo and is not held to the same standards of journalism that WaPo holds its regular contributors."
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- mythrwy 10y agoUnderstood. And I get that this article touches on a topic of particular concern. And it is worth noting and discussing. But for the sweet love of Darwin, can we please get an objective factual take on the situation instead of this partisan half true clickbait? Please? I really like this site. I don't want to see articles on the front page every day that are so intent on discrediting some political party that they stoop to any kind of half truth and use sensational rather than factual headlines. It's killing me here.