Study On Features Of New York Times Op-ed Columns In New Century

New York Times is a mainstream newspaper in western society with centuries-old history and glorious tradition. Not only does it pursues for high-class news but attaches importance to editorial column by whose authority shows its force. Besides, as its trump, Op-ed column has a great prestige among the readers. Further study on New York Times Op-ed column in order to sum up its features and operating mechanism as well as some disciplines, it has a great meaning to the prosperous newspaper political column' s operating practice in our country.Based on the classification of the existing related research, the article emphases on the operating mechanism, features, columnists and their articles of New York Times Op - ed column. Simultaneously, the article analyses an entire year of 2005 -2006 and contents of column by the chart. Lastly, it points out several problems of New York Times Op-ed column.