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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks
I'm not sure what you mean, but writers are paid to write editorials. They happen to push their agenda in most cases. They are propaganda meant to sway the reader to a particular opinion. They may be paid differently and presented differently than an 'ad' but they are still meant to draw attention to a viewpoint and sell a particular idea.
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I'm flabbergasted. Do you truly not see the difference between
(1) a newspaper independently deciding it supports X for certain reasons, and therefore publishing an editorial urging others to also support X, and
(2) a newspaper taking money from the Committee for X in exchange for publishing an editorial urging others to support X?
Really? It's all the same thing to you? So bribery, payola, etc.--no problem? Really?