Readers of the latest TIME magazine will find columns from William Kristol, Richard Brookhiser, and Charles Krauthammer. 

And the magazine must have forgotten the unwritten rule that the word “arch” is not to be used as a prefix unless describing a conservative:

As Ted Kennedy enters his 45th year in Congress, the arch-liberal senior Senator from Massachusetts has a lot on his plate. [emphasis added]

On the flip side, writer Massimo Calabresi, the same person who interviewed Kennedy, set off my “says who?” meter with his article on political refugees from Iraq. Here’s one example:

But in Iraq, a more magnanimous stance toward refugees would help the U.S.’s broader interests. It would be good propaganda in the Arab world, where the U.S. image needs burnishing. It would be a tool to counter one of the root causes of terrorism: regional instability caused by mass migration. And it would provide Washington with a basis for talks with Iran and Syria, whose help the U.S. needs to stabilize Iraq.

That paragraph is fine for an opinion piece; it’s a failure as straight reporting of news. Why? Calabresi offers no attribution for any of the four sentences. There’s no reason for readers to believe those disputable statements came from anyone other than the writer or his editor.