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Good question :) I guess he's writing an opinion column though? I don't read the Torygraph so I haven't read his column. Opinion columns, as always, are not jo

• pjc50 6y ago
  > Opinion columns, as always, are not journalism ... I don't think this is a widely held view, and they're both big money makers and very popular.
  • marcus_holmes 6y ago
    > I don't think this is a widely held view, Outside journalism, possibly. Inside journalism, opinion columns are definitely not journalism. Which is why they are clearly marked "opinion". They're held to different standards, basically because it's clearly labelled as "just someone's opinion" - there's no need to fact-check, provide balance, or even quote sources.