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Re:Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post endorsement of Kamala H... by bjourne on Saturday October 26, 2024 @12:31AM (#41952565)
> Newspapers publish opinions for the same reason that they publish comic strips: people want to read them. Readers seek them out. Newspapers are a business and have to give their customers what they want.

The customer is predominantly the advertiser. Newspapers publish opinions to have something to fill the empty space surrounding the advertisements.

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Re:Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post endorsement of Kamala H... by dingaling on Saturday October 26, 2024 @04:32AM (#41953445)
Indeed, I'd assumed paper use opinion columns because they're cheaper than news.
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