I understand fully that journalistic opinion pieces are simply that: opinion pieces expressing the author's personal opinions. However, I believe that what distinguishes a journalist's op piece from their personal diary entry is that the op piece is written to draw attention to or to comment on something that is newsworthy and worthy of further thought and consideration by the reader.
What I wonder is: does anyone else who reads a certain columnist's pieces believe that they are used to promote a personal dogma with scant regard to newsworthiness, balance, or use of considered tone? Rather, they seek to use the newspaper column to pour scorn on those with whom the columnist disagrees.
What I wonder is: does anyone else who reads a certain columnist's pieces believe that they are used to promote a personal dogma with scant regard to newsworthiness, balance, or use of considered tone? Rather, they seek to use the newspaper column to pour scorn on those with whom the columnist disagrees.