Focus (Forum & Focus)
Jun. 24, 2008
A Sinking Readership
News organizations must be prepared to assert their editorial independence, and defend it, even at the cost of alienating a segment of their customers, writes Peter Scheer. - Forum Column
By Peter Scheer
This article appears on Page 6
All newspapers from time to time should publish articles that give offense to a sizable segment of their readers. Such provocations - challenging readers to think differently about an issue - are part of the editorial independence that is the right and obligation of all credible news organizations.
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