Opinion is fine. The more opinions the better.

But claiming some opinions are verboten or others must be accepted as fact rapidly destroys any historical reputation for a media organization.

It’s gotten so bad that a the NYT apologized for letting a sitting US Senator (Tom Cotton)[1] publish an op-ed that diverged with the views of its subscribers.

I might think that Senator Warren is an idiot, but I have no issue with her expressing her stupidity.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/04/business/new-york-times-o...