` ::::: It's the same quote from FIRE mentioned in different editorials. That doesn't make it a fact. The Obama birthplace conspiracy theories were mentioned in dozens of reliable newspapers articles, they still can't be asserted as a fact.  ::::: The Atlantic article is absolutely an opinion piece: Friedorsdorf regularly publishes opinion pieces in the Politics section of the magazine, they're never called ``Op-eds`` but they are. (example: this recent article titled ``The Case Against Encouraging Polygamy``). This doesn't necessarily prohibit its exclusion, but it does mean that the statements it contains ought to be recognized as opinions.  ::::: You've been reverted by myself and another editor who made more or less exactly the same arguments, and you've got an ongoing discussion on the reliable sources noticeboard. Its fairly obvious there's no consensus in favor of your including the statements, and you haven't even given the other editor a chance to respond. I think it would be more sensible to hold off and try to work out a compromise here.   `