It's the usual stance of a media that cares about being "objective" but not being informed: everyone has an important opinion, and we had better consider them a

It's the usual stance of a media that cares about being "objective" but not being informed: everyone has an important opinion, and we had better consider them all equally! Nobody dares suggest that some of the opinions are right and some are wrong, and if you do, then you're "partisan" and you're out of the club.