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Also, know the categories of opinions:

Editorials: opinion of the newspaper's establishment/editorial board itself (for example, the NYT's endorsement of person X for president will be published as an editorial). It may or may not have anything to do with the opinion of the owners/shareholders of the paper depending on the level of journalistic independence each publication can maintain.

Op-ed (opposite the editorials): opinions of people unaffiliated with the paper, but who were actively solicited by the newspaper to write (as salaried regular columnists or one off pieces). Which again, may or may not agree with the paper's "official line" depending on the level of dissent each editorial board tolerate or on the requirements by "fair time" laws.

Letters to the Editor: unsolicited opinions (generally from readers)--which are still nevertheless curated by the editors, you are are still unlikely to see the full range of opinions "in the wild."

Semi related are Advertorials: Which are paid advertisements dressed up to to look like an op-ed or a standard news piece. These only express the opinion of whomever bought the space.

A very good addition, thank you.

I can only hope.

I consider op-ed's the fanfiction of news sites.

Example: news corp runs its Hunter Biden stories under the opinion header of the NYP.

Same with any news show. If the host is giving you an opinion or "asking questions" then you aren't watching the news you're watching entertainment or propaganda.

The point of journalism is to ask questions, not to use their own opinion to answer them. Not everything is propaganda. Just because intent exists behind a question does not mean it's intent to deceive.

I suspect you are confusing entertainment television for news when you typed that.

An op-ed is not an article.

#"Article: A piece of writing included with others in a newspaper, magazine, or other publication."

Fairly confident that statement is incorrect.

It's an editorial. An opinion.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op-ed

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You have a fundamental misunderstanding of the word article bud.

bud?

We're done.

Okay pal. Go look up article when you get a chance. Ttyl.

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Same goes for some stations that have the word “news” in their name.

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Do you mean a news company or a News company?

Most news companies give their Op-Eds a fact checking that no social media outlet provides.

Totally agree. Check sources people. Seriously.

Yeah, only an idiot would think "news" means anything other than entertainment. /s

You should approach any news article that way. Every news organization and reporter has a bias and is often trying to push a particular view or agenda. Read multiple sources, especially ones that go against your beliefs, and never take anything at face value.

Depending on the source you or more or less correct. The bigger problem is people who have been sowing deliberate mistrust of legitimate news sources. Dictators, autocrats, and the extreme right love to do this. By getting people to distrust those who are telling the truth it makes people easier to manipulate.

I think your idea of tabloid skepticism and mine are different.

I'll give you an idea. I don't read tabloids.

You get it.

That's why it's important to be able to identify the differences between a tabloid quality article/op-ed and a news article that's even worth investigating. We all only have so much time in the day, save yourself the trouble and skip the op-eds or lower quality.

Tabloids are essentially junk tv level of information.

That's why I carefully used the word article.