Fact vs Opinion--Facts are Ok if they agree with my opinion--E. Alterman

"ANA MARIE COX: I think to privilege the opinion writing in Time is to actually…. Opinion journalism is cheap, and it should be cheap. It should be not counted as highly as the reporting.

• ERIC ALTERMAN: We disagree on this. Deeply.

ANA MARIE COX: Really?

• ERIC ALTERMAN: Yeah.

ANA MARIE COX: I think the reporting, that’s what we should privilege. That’s what we should say is the most important thing in any magazine.

• ERIC ALTERMAN: In a better world. But in our world, the—"

From the NY Observer, "Anatomy of a Washington Catfight," by Michael Calderone, 4/24/07, transcript of conversation a day after the White House Correspondents' Dinner

• Like all facets of baseball media, there are facts and there are opinions. Some believe "deeply" that their opinions should take precedence over the facts.

(Mr. Alterman has subsequently expanded on his 'opinion' position in a memo to Romenesko, 4/25/07).