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LETTERS, Page 7Editorial Judgments
We've received more than 3,400 identically worded postcards
referring to this quote in the Wall Street Journal from TIME senior
editor Charles Alexander: "On this issue (the environment) we
have crossed the boundary from news reporting to advocacy." The
postcards said, "Tell your readers about this."
We are happy to. In all our coverage we try to be balanced and
fair in our presentation of the facts and in reporting the range
of differing views on the issues posed by the facts. But from the
beginning of TIME over 66 years ago, we have also undertaken -- and
made no secret of it -- to add our own judgments on subjects that
truly mattered, from civil rights to arms control. We do not
believe this will be news to our regular readers. Indeed, because
they so often eloquently agree or disagree with us in these
columns, it may be part of the reason they value TIME. We hope so,
because we believe considered journalistic judgments are an
important contribution to an informed society. And, yes, our stand
on the planet is that we support its survival.