Fakenews from HuffPo

[Dill]

(12-21-2016, 04:07 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Except that's not what was done in the article in OP.  The article in question was not reporting on this person's statement, they were reporting on a meeting between Flynn and a member of a major Austrian political party.  The entire statement of opinion given by the person mentioned in OP is not necessary to report the actual news contained within it.  I'll make this simple for you.  If you remove Ryan's statement from an article reporting on his statement you have no article.  If you remove the statement by Daniel Serwer from the article in OP you still have a news article.  In fact, you now have an actual news article, not a hard news story riddled with editorial comments.  The statement is wholly unnecessary to the point of the news article, which, I would hope, would be to inform the reader of an actual event.  I hope that's clear enough for you.

The author of the article would certainly say he is providing relevant context. He is quoting assessments from former government professionals, who likely represent a State Department consensus about the party in question.  If you remove Serwer's statements, you know less about the FPO. 

I don't find it "wholly irrelevant" or distorting that the FPO was founded by a Nazi and currently serves the anti-Muslim anti- foreigner crowd in Austria.
On the contrary, American readers should know that--especially if Trump is receptive to overtures from this party.

Providing context is not "editorializing" just because you don't like the truth.

And do you think cutting out critical contextual factors is suddenly NOT editorializing?

Nothing in this title--"Leader Of Party Founded By Nazis Claims He Met With Trump’s National Security Adviser"--appears to be inaccurate.