Editorial board to ensure minority opinions are heard
May 24, 2010
State Daily wants to make sure all community opinions can be
heard.
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.
editorial has long been written as the majority rules, and any
opposing opinion has gone unnoticed by those who read the final
piece.
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.
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.
you read editorials, you should expect to hear more than one
opinion, but the majority will likely be the main focus of an
editorial.
especially one at Iowa State, should be narrowed to one view as the
best.