It's called parajournalism. "Opinion piece" has a clearly defined meaning in journalism and is an entirely different genre. Parajournalism seems to be journal

It's called parajournalism. "Opinion piece" has a clearly defined meaning in journalism and is an entirely different genre. Parajournalism seems to be journalism — “the collection and dissemination of current news” — but the appearance is deceptive. It is a bastard form, having it both ways, exploiting the factual authority of journalism and the atmospheric license of fiction. Entertainment rather than information is the aim of its producers, and the hope of its consumers.[0] Your bullet list summary reveals little but your own bias/agenda and adds little to the conversation. We have the actual diff and can read for ourselves which is sort of the point. The diff link was provided in the source article: http://newsdiffs.org/diff/934341/934454/www.nytimes.com/2015/07/11/technology/ellen-pao-reddit-chief-executive-resignation.html http://newsdiffs.org/diff/934341/934454/www.nytimes.com/2015... I hope Margaret Sullivan looks into this. Seems appropriate. 0: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/1965/aug/26/parajournalism-or-tom-wolfe-his-magic-writing-mach/ http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/1965/aug/26/parajou...