>"And since the deal, columns from Tim Wu and Kara Swisher ..." Those two individuals are both Op-Ed writers. The Opinion section in a paper is not the same as

>"And since the deal, columns from Tim Wu and Kara Swisher ..." Those two individuals are both Op-Ed writers. The Opinion section in a paper is not the same as regular news reporting and so not beholden to a newspaper's editorial policy.[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op-ed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op-ed