A writer who researched and published a brief history of the “op-ed” writes about
its demise at The New York Times. “‘My single biggest complaint is our propensity towards ‘names,” wrote one editor. ‘I do understand the need for establishment opinion, but we do have too much of it. It is usually of very poor quality. Considering the large number of excellent articles that sit around for months, it is a shame that we run so much junk by the famous.'”
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