One thing that’s helpful to keep in mind here, imo, is that these days it’s not really clear just what an editorial board is for, and so as a result editorial boards at big papers are constantly engaged in the project of justifying their own relevance
so as somebody who came of age in the decline of newspapers: what was the point of an editorial board? the one i grew up with was the Enquirer, which, uh, to the extent i was familiar with the opinion side, i don’t think i particularly liked them
