Our View: Why we use 'we' editorials

We’ve received some criticism of late for our opinions in this very space, every week.

While we expect some of our readers to disagree with us in our thinking, we were surprised to discover that some of our readers don’t believe we should have an opinion, or at the very least, show it.

And so we will attempt here and now, to justify that very thing.

Newspapers, large and small traditionally offer their own opinion and it is usually upon reflection of the hottest stories on the front page of the paper.

These editorials are commonly divided into two species: the “I” and the “we.”...

 

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