I keep seeing people post opinion columns, as if they were news articles that presented news.
To me, an opinion piece is basically somebody getting paid to have their internet rant posted in a newspaper/news website.
I'm not sure why anyone would give a shit that some rando would have an opinion that someone paid for them to have.
Most of these are not even analyses by an expert. They are literally just someone talking out their ass.
I worry these fluff pieces are accupying the same niche as analysts experts who provide actual insight and analysis of what is going on in the world in their articles.
This stuff isn't even journalism, and often if you check the byline, you'll see that their only _job_ is squeezing out and pinching off opinions, not journalism, not research, not presenting fact.
@AskTheDevil Nobody pays me for my shit opinions. I provide them as a service, for free.
@sirgeefive We are endless fonts, giving freely of ourselves! : )