It seems editorials have vanished from the airwaves. Several decades ago, nearly every radio and television station voiced its editorial opinion. (Perhaps owing to a sense of a responsibility at the time.) National newscasts featured commentators such as Eric Sevareid, John Chancellor, Howard K. Smith, et al. Even in its Top-40 heyday, WABC broadcast editorials! Whither have these segments gone?
Radio stations got out of them when they figured out they were ticking off half their audience for no real benefit. Ditto local TV news. National newscasts? Editorials haven't vanished...they've become entire networks on cable...what are Sean Hannity and Chris Matthews except program-length editorials?