Unhinged Fumento

Interesting, so Fumento is an opinion writer but then again, he's not:

An opinion piece -- whether an individual op-ed or a column -- exists to promote a point of view by argument. It does not seek to establish a fact, but to win people over to a particular viewpoint or opinion. Therefore, the strength of the argument is the key factor in determining the effectiveness of the piece. A sloppily constructed, poorly thought-out argument will convince no one -- while a tightly constructed, coherent, and well-written argument can sway minds. That is why opinion pieces are considered intellectual ammunition in the war of ideas. ...

FOR MANY YEARS NOW, opinion pieces have been the main vehicle by which conservatives have taken their philosophy to the American people. ...

One of the reasons why leftists cannot win the war of ideas is that their philosophy has become almost a matter of faith rather than of reason. ...

AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE IS the recent case of Michael Fumento. One of the few fact-checking investigative reporters writing from a conservative viewpoint...

Presumably winning the war of ideas for conservatives includes elevating Love Canal to a beautiful suburb to raise kids in, neglecting Gulf War vets and suggesting we all take a post-Katrina swim in Lake Pontchartrain. Anyone convinced yet? But I digress: both Iain Murray in his Spectator article and unhinged Fumento describe the articles as "investigative journalism" and not as opinion pieces which, as pointed out by Bradley Fikes, via Tim Lambert, usually require a bit more objectivity than mere opinion pieces.