The Seattle Times dumps its editorial page? - Well, no...

James Vesely (Seattle Times editorial page editor) starts out with this:

TWO days hence, much of our commentary and opinion will move to a new, online presentation that includes letters to the editor, op-ed essays and a variety of cartoons, comments and blogs.

He says it’s because opinion – not news – is what’s popular online...

Online-information searches during the day and evening hours is deciding for us where most people go for commentary.  Currently, commentary is king in the online world, where opinions vary and clash hourly in the process of democracy.

At least, that’s my impression, after unpacking that first sentence (“searches ... is”? “deciding...where”?).

And since nobody (to speak of) buys advertising on the opinion page, why not eliminate what doesn’t sell?  (Here’s why.)

But all is not lost!

Most op-eds, the guest essays that often place notable politicians and writers in front of you, also will move to the Web site, leaving us room for local columnists and local editorial opinion in print.

(Did’ja really believe they’d dump the editorials?  How would anybody know what to think?)


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