Opinion columnists aren't journalists.
People... know that, right?
Like, a journalist, especially a freelancer who has to round out the budget, may write an op-ed from time to time... but that op-ed is still not journalism.
Like, a journalist, especially a freelancer who has to round out the budget, may write an op-ed from time to time... but that op-ed is still not journalism.
Last time I shit-talked the cops for VICE my editor was grilling me on fact checking to the point where I had to cite the exact line in court documents to support an assertion
my last op-ed, the editor just reworded a few clumsy sentences
not the same type of work
my last op-ed, the editor just reworded a few clumsy sentences
not the same type of work
So someone who is a full-time opinion columnist is more often than not someone being paid to be wrong, because fact-checking is seldom relevant to their work.
They're printed next to news. They aren't news. (Well, aren't *supposed* to be news anyway).
They're printed next to news. They aren't news. (Well, aren't *supposed* to be news anyway).
Like, "that's just your opinion" is categorically not a response you can make to journalism.
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