• JcbAzPx@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    Opinion pieces are chosen by the editors. They don’t allow any opinions they don’t want to make print.

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      14 hours ago

      Exactly. For example, they have a policy of not allowing trans writers to write opinion pieces on trans issues, as they consider the people most knowledgeable about trans issues to be “biased.”

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      16 hours ago

      Yes. They put it up because everyone is reading it and seething and sharing it and talking about it.

      Are you not familiar with how media operates? It’s often a cynical business reflecting only one thing: they like money.