[Husker] Article (was: personal opinion)

[Theodore Heise]

>> Just FYI: a message board post is not an "article." An "article" 
>> is something a member of the press writes based on research.

>  ...it isn't always easy to figure out what was written by 
> accredited members of the media.

> Is an opinion piece entitled to be called an article?
>
> Is something written by a columnist entitled to be called an 
> article?
>
> Is a blog post an article?
>
> For all of the above, it might depend on who wrote it, or where it 
> was found, neither of which may be inherently obvious clues as to 
> its 'articleness'.

Not to stir the pot (too much), but Usenet messages are frequently 
called articles too.  See for example:

   http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc977.html

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Theodore (Ted) Heise     <theo at heise.nu>     Bloomington, IN, USA