For
They have the right to express opinions like anyone else.
Against
It makes media biased and misleads readers.
Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.
“the ability of a news paper to push an editorial piece supporting a candidate or policy improves the political discourse.”
“It serves the journalistic function of declaring their own editorial bias to the public.”
“News media should strive to be non-partisan, and present the news in a fact-based, non-biased fashion.”
“present an endorsement as being from the organization itself, then it abandons all pretense of non-partisanship and a lack of bias.”