I am not a huge fan of the Economist, but I do think they manage the synthesis of reporting and critical analysis effectively by bluntly making value statements

I am not a huge fan of the Economist, but I do think they manage the synthesis of reporting and critical analysis effectively by bluntly making value statements. For example, take an exerpt from an article on Romney: "He says he created a net 100,000 jobs during his time at Bain. That figure is impossible to prove, but he could do more to argue that the benefits outweigh the costs." I wouldn't have a problem with that sentence appearing in the Times.