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jger15 · 2020-07-14 15:53:31+00:00

think this makes the paper less interesting (regardless of political views held)

michaelgrafl | karma 841 | avg karma 3.13 · | 2012-11-02 09:23:20

I agree. It devalues the article because it becomes part of an agenda instead of standing on its own.

daodedickinson | karma 250 | avg karma 0.47 · | 2018-01-13 01:51:58+00:00

Because the editor think it aids the agenda of the paper.

bregma | karma 4327 | avg karma 2.33 · | 2022-08-19 05:51:22

The paper itself is written from a very ideologically biased point of view.

thinkt4nk | karma 45 | avg karma 1.61 · | 2014-07-10 13:10:44+00:00

...the assumption being that the editor has an aversion toward political ideology?

Emma_Goldman | karma 1542 | avg karma 3.14 · | 2018-11-30 09:34:25+00:00

I don't like the paper and think it's horribly crude.

But Perspectives on Politics is a good journal.

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danmaz74 | karma 8829 | avg karma 2.77 · | 2014-03-04 10:18:50+00:00

This is one submission where the title was heavily editorialized to express a political opinion - not very nice.

SpicyLemonZest | karma 7300 | avg karma 1.46 · | 2020-04-28 20:19:38

You don't think it's worth reading the article just because you don't agree with the author's politics?

1337biz | karma 5596 | avg karma 4.51 · | 2018-07-20 16:24:55

If they would really focus on interesting articles like these I would follow that. But their political bend has just become too pedantic. Of the big paper WSJ is for me the last one readable as I find their slight conservative bend a lot less obnoxious in their tone.

jibal | karma 75 | avg karma 0.36 · | 2020-09-29 10:54:39+00:00

City Journal is a far far right wing propaganda outlet. I thought such political stuff was out of place here.

wtvanhest | karma 4628 | avg karma 2.62 · | 2012-02-18 02:10:27+00:00

Also, it is worth noting that this article is somewhat political which sucks because if you read past the political agenda of the author they make some interesting points.

maximusprime | karma 126 | avg karma 0.52 · | 2011-11-12 23:34:24+00:00

It's a political article. It's toxic.

s9w | karma 1590 | avg karma 1.59 · | 2020-08-13 10:02:22

That paper calls opposition of immigration "discrimination" and free speech "lawnessness". I don't agree with that.

forkLding | karma 2189 | avg karma 2.71 · | 2017-09-20 12:14:29

I think the author purposefully included politics in there, he probably didnt care if it was a decent article or not because he was more or less expressing his views.

Sarcasm intended

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RickJWagner | karma 10011 | avg karma 2.41 · | 2022-10-12 06:49:49

Note the top comment on the article is someone complaining about political activists highjacking editorial positions.

That's a very good reason to not contribute.

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camccann | karma 1481 | avg karma 2.83 · | 2009-11-10 22:33:10

A pity, because the article makes an interesting point otherwise, when not drifting into deranged partisan territory.

dionian | karma 546 | avg karma 1.21 · | 2017-08-11 16:20:35+00:00

Nah, it's just a token opinion column, they do it all the time. The rest of the paper is still unabashedly pro-Left

Grim-444 | karma 427 | avg karma 4.03 · | 2022-07-10 14:33:10

I'm not sure I could write an article riddled with more political/ideological slant if I tried.

arwhatever | karma 1104 | avg karma 2.87 · | 2018-05-15 16:54:40

The article felt like it had a definite political slant.

jacquesl | karma 42 | avg karma 3.23 · | 2019-11-05 03:05:32

Good question. It sounds strange to me too. I wonder if there’s some unintuitive loophole like the paper itself doesn’t write political articles and sources them from other places.