Editorial

An editorial from a 1921 issue of Photoplay recommending that readers not watch a film, Heedless Moths, which featured nude scenes
Francis Pharcellus Church, author of the famed 1897 The Sun editorial, which contains the line "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus"

An editorial, or leading article (UK) or leader (UK), is an article or any other written document, often unsigned, written by the senior editorial people or publisher of a newspaper or magazine, that expresses the publication's opinion about a particular topic or issue. Australian and major United States newspapers, such as The New York Times and The Boston Globe, often classify editorials under the heading "opinion".