# Which page is it? News/editorial?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-page-is-it-news-editorial/54621
**Category:** Great Debates
**Created:** [February 15, 2001, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-page-is-it-news-editorial/54621 "2001-02-15T18:37:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2001, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-page-is-it-news-editorial/54621/1 "2001-02-15T18:37:46Z")
In case any have missed my position on current White House occupants, I’m not a fan of Mr. Bush. However, I **am** in favor of balanced reporting by news agencies.
Now, while I may indulge myself in mocking our current White House Occupant, and his actions are certainly fair game for the media, but I feel this [Crosses the line](http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/ap20010215_813.html).
“Bush keeps training wheels on foreign policy with Mexico trip”???
To me, having a headline such as that, and the general tone of the article is suggests less than a balanced viewpoint, reminds me of Doonesbury’s cartoons (on the editorial page, of course), where a news reporter would say something like “and in his usual idiotic manner…” .
Now, it **is** IMHO relevant to mention that Mr. Bush was questioned about his readiness for foreign policy development, but ‘training wheels’??? So, when does reporting cross over into editorializing?
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### Author:  [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2001, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-page-is-it-news-editorial/54621/2 "2001-02-15T22:34:24Z")
For what it’s worth, I’ll chime in and agree with you. It was certainly out of line. I’m sure, however, that you wouldn’t hear Peter Jennings lead off a news story with that headline, yet this comes from , ostensibly, the same news source. I wonder how that works, exactly. . .
On the other hand, I think that the headline isn’t too far off base. Neither do these guys: [http://www.nationallampoon.com/article2defaultpar.html](http://www.nationallampoon.com/article2defaultpar.html)