editorializev.
/ˌɛdᵻˈtɔːrɪəlʌɪz/, U.S. /ˌɛdəˈtɔriəˌlaɪz/ Originally U.S.
1. transitive. To write about (something) in an editorial; esp. to introduce editorial comments or express an opinion about (something) rather than simply reporting the news or giving the facts. Also with direct speech or that-clause as object: to write (a statement, an opinion, etc.) in an editorial, or in the manner of an editorial.
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1833 Spirit of Age & Jrnl. of Humanity 14 Nov. Our little paragraph on Cuvier copied into the Advocate this morning, was doubtless taken by the Transcript from the Salem Gazette (where it was yesterday editorialized—of course, by mistake) and not from our paper, where it appeared last week.
1858 N.Y. Herald 10 Dec. Mr. Buchanan's letter to Mr. Butterfield was editorialized as a guarantee of the administration in favor of the Pacific Railroad.
1960 New Left Rev. May 3/1 ‘A clear statement that the party remains committed..’—the New Statesman editorialises (5 March 1960).
2004 N.Y. Times Mag. 5 Dec. 34/2 The Wall Street Journal editorialized that Iran is using its dialogue with Europe to win ‘diplomatic wriggle room’ to develop a nuclear bomb.
2019 @Ataylor64433687 7 Sept. in twitter.com (accessed 11 Sept. 2019) Today's news isn't news it's selective use of fact to editorialize an event with a predetermined agenda in mind.
2. intransitive. To write or publish an editorial or editorials; esp. to introduce editorial comments or express an opinion about something rather than simply reporting the news or giving the facts.
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society > communication > journalism > [verb (intransitive)] > write editorials
editorialize1856
1856 G. D. Brewerton War in Kansas vi. 75 As Mrs. Partington feelingly remarked, when Ike tumbled into a barrel of soft soap: ‘Isn't it a blessed thing to editorialize for an appreciative public?’
1895 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. 2 Apr. 5/6 The Evening News recently became the official organ of the administration. This means that it is to editorialize according to the views of the administration.
1928 Nation (N.Y.) 24 Oct. 416 The Italian press is free..to editorialize with the utmost braggadocio about Italy's plans for world domination.
1991 Internat. Jrnl. Public Opinion Res. 3 347 Commentary refers to the statements of personal opinion offered by news reporters..who editorialize on news broadcasts.
2002 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 13 June 10/4 The formerly liberal journal Commonweal has editorialized against the panic in a purely Jenkinsian mode, comparing it to ‘the anti-Communist witch hunts of the early 1950s’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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