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Although many community newspapers are justifiably
proud of their hard-hitting local editorials, perhaps half of
all community papers carry no editorials at all.
Publishers who refuse to editorialize often claim that
editorial harassing is resented in small communities.
Others are fearful of alienating readers and advertisers.
Still others say they do not have enough time to develop
polished, well-researched editorials on a regular basis.
Many publishers are leaders in the commercial and
political lives of their towns, and are so much a part of
the local power structure that their editorials would not
be persuasive anyway. Those who editorialize assert
that editorials and opinion columns give identity to their
newspapers and leadership to their communities.
Indeed, some of the most inspired writing the US has
produced – the ‘Crisis’ essays of Tom Paine, the
Federalist Papers explaining and defending the
Constitution, the stirring commentary of William Allen
White of Kansas – first saw the light of day as editorial
or column material in a community newspaper.
Courageous hometown editors regularly win Pulitzer
Prizes and other professional honours for crusading
editorials on local issues.