True, but it's interesting that the headline doesn't say "Opinion:..." like most publications of this stature do. This author made a statement of fact in his headline, and proceeds to justify it with an incredibly biased opinion.
Again, how many people are doing this? Most people read the article and headline and move on with their day. WaPo allowed this guy to make a statement of fact in his headline with zero indication that it was an opinion.
> WaPo allowed this guy to make a statement of fact in his headline with zero indication that it was an opinion.
No, they didn't. “...actually working just fine.” is inherently a claim about how facts fit into the speakers subjective value framework; it is not a fact claim.
> True, but it's interesting that the headline doesn't say "Opinion:..."
The section header above the headline includes “Perspective”, a common journalistic synonym [0] for opinion.
[0] Well, not quite synonym: “opinion”, “analysis”, and “perspective” are related not-just-the-facts categories, with subtle differences (but frequent overlap) in how they are generally used, but lumping then all together is useful in contexts where the interest is distinguishing from “straight” news reporting.
Apparently WaPo's name for the "Opinion" section is "Perspective" which is somewhat misleading. Also most people reading online won't care to look - I had to go back and look after reading this comment, because it isn't mentioned at all in the headline that this is a biased opinion piece.
Again, you're missing the point. Most publications (newspapers etc. that also publish hard news) indicate that it is an opinion right in the title of the article so that there is no mistaking it.
That is what PostEverything Perspectives is. The description for PostEverything itself on the main page is "The conversation is bigger than you think."
Or as I said above in response to a similar comment:
Mouse over "Perspective" at the top of the page and you will see:
"Perspective: Discussion of news topics with a point of view, including narratives by individuals regarding their own experiences"