I'm largely in agreement with Kyle; this reads like something that should be in someone's blog. Someone's blog I might read, mind you, but something of random internet quality.
But then, I don't really expect a lot more out of opinion articles. I'd like to, but experience has taught me otherwise--The opinion sections I've seen are largely comparable to internet message boards. At least the regular body of journalists for newspapers have some vague sort of accountability; there'll be a negative response when something is posted that's completely off from what its reader base expects. (NYTimes comes to mind--I forget ATM the couple of stunts they have pulled within memory's time which created omgwtfbbqwank. Maybe someone else remembers?)
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"Where are they making all these claims from?" -- Kyle
I'm assuming this is an opinion article (since it's in a directory called /opinion/). Like most opinion articles, it lists no sources. Chances are high the author is pulling his or her facts from hearsay, maybe a bit from on-the-job training here and there or schooling.
People are pretty slack about references it seems. Whether it's recognizing the need to verify or cross-check data, or figuring out that plagiarism really isn't okay...no, not even on unimportant assignments, or in subjects you don't care about, or if you paid for it. It's really...disappointing. <p>
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