In an age of crowded media space, the reflectiveness of the newspaper editorial --- the quaintness, the apposite stand-back quality in the rush-forward climate --- is worth valuing. Here is the New York TImes editorial endorsing Barack Obama.
While I generally agree, I find myself hard pressed to defend the value of editorials such as the one in today's Sun, which argues that we somehow owe it the economy to go Christmas shopping.
buzz bishop
10/25/2008 05:58:09 am
An editorial is simply a blog entry. An opinion. It is no more valuable coming from the board of the NYT, than coming in the form of a blog entry at JoethePlumber.com.
It is a published opinion, and nothing more.
To say the editorial is what sets the newspaper apart, is missing .. well .. everything else.
We've carried more than a dozen editorials on the economy --- and a Saturday paper last week with more than a dozen special features on conditions --- so today's shouldn't be taken in isolation but as part of a body of work.
I appreciate the editorial is part of the Sun's continuing coverage of the economy. I just have trouble taking seriously an editorial that suggests that if you can't afford a 52-inch TV, you should still buy a 42-inch model.
Mark
buzz bishop
10/26/2008 07:24:43 am
@kirk
whether the opinion comes from a consesus of a board, or from one person doesnt change the fact that it is merely a published opinion.
while the opinion of the nyt.com may weight more heavily that the opinion of kirklapointe.com with the readership, it doesnt change the fact that it is just an opinion.
i don't think the editorial is what makes a newspaper special. the factual, in depth, legitimate reporting is what sets it apart from blogs which are just knee jerk opinionated reactions.
