FIRST AND ONLY TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP TO WSJ OPINIONJOURNAL: In addition to the individual rankings, a "team" partisanship score has been calculated for each of the three newspapers. The Wall Street Journal's OpinionJournal led the rankings all year and wins the 2002 title 21-15 over the New York Times. The Washington Post finished far behind because of greater ideological diversity and the inclusion of a large number of centrists and international affairs columnists. To make space for new columnists in 2003, only a selection of each newspapers' columnists will be evaluated this year, so team statistics will no longer be calculated.
| Author/ Affiliation |
Title/ Date |
words | PI | Partisan References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. J. Dionne Jr. Washington Post |
Welfare Worries 3 January 2003 |
859 | 100 | 2R-: Bush administration, White House |
| Thomas Sowell Creators Syndicate |
Dangers ahead -- from the left 3 January 2003 |
823 | 100 | 3D-: Patty Murray, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter 3R+: Ronald Reagan, President Reagan, Reagan |
| Mona Charen Creators Syndicate |
Just what we need 3 January 2003 |
823 | 89 | 8D-: John Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, John Edwards, Edwards, Edwards 1D= |
| Paul Krugman New York Times |
Games Nations Play 3 January 2003 |
938 | 72 | 2R+: Bush, Bush 15R-: Bush administration, Bush administration, Bush administration, George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush administration, administration, Bush administration, Bush administration, Bush administration, Bush administration, Bush administration, Bush administration 1D= |
| Daniel Henninger WSJ OpinionJournal |
Getting a Grip 3 January 2003 |
1243 | 67 | 5R+: George W. Bush, Bush, President Bush, Bush, Bush 1R-: Trent Lott |
| Charles Krauthammer Washington Post |
The Japan Card 3 January 2003 |
973 | 50 | 2R+: administration, administration 2R= |