I get, if don't really agree with, the idea that reporters feel constrained about their ability to take a position on an issue. But the editorial page... editorializes! Surely the editors of an editorial page, even one committed to publishing a range of opinions*, can take a position on whether something is true or false.
Maybe they're also an arm of Iranian intelligence. Lately I find when no other explanation makes sense, that's probably the answer.
*If from the new republic to the free republic constitutes a wide range.
