Editorial Independence

Editorial independence is the freedom of editors to make decisions without interference from the owners of a publication. Editorial independence is tested, for instance, if a newspaper runs articles that may be unpopular with its advertising clientele.

Famous quotes containing the words editorial and/or independence:

    “I have been in the editorial business going on fourteen years, and it is the first time I ever heard of a man’s having to know anything in order to edit a newspaper.”
    —Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)

    “The independence of all political and other bother is a happiness.”
    —Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)