"It is a justification of what the paper stands for. As such it is an argument in the sense that it is claiming support for a point of view. That is what is morally threadbare, in my view."
Only a non pedant would find anything in Iffy's post talking about what the Express stands for. He was concentrating on its purchase, not why people purchase it, nor the morals and principles of the said newspaper management. Papers of course cannot have morals...
(the pedant score is increasing:-)
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