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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
I guess there was no hard and fast rule, but the minute you start lumping rags like that in with the New York Times or the Washington Post in university-level papers, it really thins the credibility of your argument unless, like you said, there is a really specific reason for using it as a source. For example, a paper on Calgary municipal politics. It was not even a consideration for topics such as international relations, political theory or foreign affairs (political science major obviously!)
In eight years of university, I also never once saw a professor favour the use of any Calgary newspapers, ever - Herald or the Sun. That's just my experience though.
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Yeah, it depends on the context. If they were to use an editorial (say Rick Bell) and cite it as fact, then no. If they use it to cite an example of an opinion, okay. So long as it's cited properly.
If they use a regular news article to state facts of events, then okay.
It just depends on the type of article and context in the paper.
Also, they should only be used to support the peer-reviewed academic sources they already have used for research.