"The Republic Shutdown"

David Jackson over at USA Today wrote a piece on October 1st entitled Obama to Republicans: Reopen the Government. While found in the editorial/opinion section of the website, I found very little of this articles content to be anything opinion based. Most of the article is directly quoted material and facts that can be found and verified throughout the web. Some of the directly quoted material reveals the opinions of the parties and persons involved, such as Obama referring to the shutdown as "The Republican Shutdown" (although, really, that is exactly what it is). Mr. Jackson is also careful to represent both sides of the argument. While his candor is appreciated, this is supposed to be an opinion piece, and I am sensing a distinct lack of bias. 

"Its because I am black, isn't it?" ~ Not Obama

The article feels like a summary of President Obama's plea to the GOP to re-open the government, and less like a supportive argument or even a criticism. There is far more in this article that is stated very 'matter o' fact-ly' than there should be for an editorial. To add icing to the not so opinionated cake, there was no clear discernible goal or message of the article, the author did not seem to want to get any real point across to his readers, merely to keep them in the fog of impartiality. Is this really and truly an opinion article? I do not believe so. Is it informative? Genuinely so, but it lacks opinion driven direction.