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by lq313c 1917 days ago
> The Economist ... rarely editorialize their articles.

What? The Economist is almost entirely editorials. The only difference between it and other editorial-only publications like Foreign Affairs is that the authors' names are deliberately removed to give the paper a sense of speaking with "one collective voice". Every article subheading is an opinion, and ends with a paragraph firmly staking out a position. The writing may be eloquent, and the graphs pretty, but the result is a publication that heavily editorializes, while lacking any debate or diversity of thought.

Examples from current issue:

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/03/20/bidens-muddle-o...

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/03/18/how-europes-vac...

https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2020/09/03/...