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Writer, about law especially; @CatoInstitute. Blogged at Overlawyered (1999-2020). Election law and Maryland civic stuff.

Washington DC; New Market, MD
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    Walter Olson‏Verified account @walterolson 24 Jul 2020

    Walter Olson Retweeted marc tracy

    About this letter from nearly 300 WSJ staffers who want changes on the paper's opinion side, a few observations: /1https://twitter.com/marcatracy/status/1286355118519197697 …

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    marc tracyVerified account @marcatracy
    This week, The Wall Street Journal reported that nearly 300 WSJ staffers signed a letter to the publisher pointing out flaws and errors in Opinion articles and asking for changes. https://www.wsj.com/articles/wsj-journalists-ask-publisher-for-clearer-distinction-between-news-and-opinion-content-11595349198 … Below: The letter in full. pic.twitter.com/v6hZvDcXl3
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      2. Walter Olson‏Verified account @walterolson 24 Jul 2020

        A demand (paras 6-7) that guest opinion pieces not "selectively present facts" or "cherry-pick studies" to reach "erroneous conclusions" is a demand that no op-ed page in the country could meet if applied objectively across the board. I doubt it would be applied that way. /2

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      3. Walter Olson‏Verified account @walterolson 24 Jul 2020

        Para 14, which invokes employee recruitment, makes clear that details of the @HMDatMI piece aside, they believe no piece disputing the idea of systemic police racism should be published in Opinion, whatever new arguments or line of evidence it might offer. /3

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      4. Walter Olson‏Verified account @walterolson 24 Jul 2020

        Para 13 condemns a tweet by an outside writer (not staffer) whose contributions were allowed to resume after months. Absent more facts it's hard to judge, but I wonder what stopping principle applies to demands for perma-bans over tweets that did not appear in the WSJ. /4

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      5. Walter Olson‏Verified account @walterolson 24 Jul 2020

        Some have praised the letter for leading with a relatively innocuous demand, for clearer marking of news vs. opinion content. But taken as a whole, it demands not just that, or more rigor/fact checking, but that the WSJ stop publishing certain opinions & certain writers. /5, efn

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      1. Paul Morelli‏ @PaulOPinion 24 Jul 2020
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        Excellent thread. I read the Journal every day. Readers of the WSJ know opinion when they see it. it is not on the front page, which happens at other publications. I see all sides in the Op-Ed & letters sections.

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