Question

What is the difference between a general article and editoral?

Answer 1

General Article is a general word that is used for all stories covering topics.

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Editorial is a special article that appears in a newspaper and carries the opinions of the editorial board on the issue discussed.

Answer 2

Editorial

Different newspapers are owned by different groups having their own leanings in a broad political system. The owners can have thinking on social and political issues that are similar to those in government or can be aligned to other groups and forces that are in opposition. The opinions and thinking of the owners gets reflected in the editorial of a newspaper.

Article

All news stories or events that are covered by the correspondents are presented in the form of articles with a catchy headline to arouse the interest of the readers. If the story is about a natural disaster, a court case, or an important meet taking place to discuss some important social or environmental issues, the article necessarily has timeliness about it as it is time bound and has to carry facts and information that is fresh and has taken place just now. The news item should not appear stale.