Editorial board to ensure minority opinions are heard

Editorial Board

The Iowa

State Daily wants to make sure all community opinions can be

heard.

 

We’ve

started by <a href=

“http://www.iowastatedaily.net/articles/2010/05/23/opinion/todays_editorial/doc4bf2b98149b49452761734.txt”>

creating a community editorial board, and there are still spots

available: <a href=

“mailto:[email protected]”>[email protected]

if you’re interested.

 

The

editorial has long been written as the majority rules, and any

opposing opinion has gone unnoticed by those who read the final

piece.

 

We are

working to change that. In most editorial board discussions, there

has been the person or persons who disagreed with the majority

conclusion, and in the future we want to make sure that that

opinion is voiced the <span style=

“font-family: arial; font-size: small;”>— <span style=

“font-family: arial; font-size: small;”>editorial board is a

representation of the community, after all.

 

In the

past, the Daily has endorsed Barack Obama and GSB presidential

candidate <a href=

“http://www.iowastatedaily.net/articles/2010/02/21/opinion/todays_editorial/doc4b81f9d3ceb3b693931528.txt”>

Chandra Peterson and others. Rarely are these

overwhelming <span style=

“font-family: arial; font-size: small;”>— <span style=

“font-family: arial; font-size: small;”>there were members who

favored John McCain and Luke Roling.

 

So when

you read editorials, you should expect to hear more than one

opinion, but the majority will likely be the main focus of an

editorial.

 

No issue,

especially one at Iowa State, should be narrowed to one view as the

best.