Rich Greenamyer confuses the distinction between news and opinion (“Keep personal views out of news stories,” Star-Advertiser, Letters, Sept. 1).

His suggestion that the Star-Advertiser report the opinions of community members on the op-ed pages, rather than in the news, forgets that it is the writer’s opinion that distinguishes a news report from an op-ed piece. Good reporters keep their own opinions out of a news story. However, much of their work involves reporting opinions held by politicians and other members of the community.

If newspapers followed Greenamyer’s suggestion, President Donald Trump’s tweets, for instance, would be relegated to the op-ed pages (where they might replace the cartoons at the bottom of the page).

Thomas S. Dye

Chinatown