At 09:58 AM 11/11/2000 -0600, you wrote:
>No one has posted because no one is surprised regarding the repolling
>editorial. I believe most Star Tribune readers believe the Star Tribune is
>the most liberal or one of the most liberal newspapers in the country. I am
>sure the Star Tribune people would say they are merely reflecting the
>community they serve and that most of their readers, if polled, would agree
>that the Florida precints should be repolled. Bill Dooley (Ward 13)(Kenny).
I wouldn't characterize it simply as "liberal". There are a lot of areas
where I don't think either they or the DFL go far enough, as in health
care, to be considered liberal. And there are other areas where they're
liberal only in the sense that they support lots of government spending, as
in corporate welfare (see stadium issue). But they certainly do have their
own perspective on things. In general this is what you would want from an
editorial board - it _should_ be biased and have a viewpoint - but the
strib editorials are usually pretty shallow and weakly connected to
reality, which is a disappointment. They got worse when they doubled
their output (2 editorials a day, which started sometime in the mid
nineties). I'm especially impressed when they make up words, or use words
that sound right but mean something completely different.
The editorial page is my favorite part of the newspaper, but it's because
of the excellent columns and letters you find. I usually don't even bother
reading the editorials.
- the "Affable Advocate" (Star Tribune editorial, Saturday, 10/28/00)
