سرمقاله

Also known as leading article, leader

thumb|Editorial from a 1921 issue of Photoplay recommending that readers not watch a film, [[Heedless Moths, which featured nude scenes]] thumb|Francis Pharcellus Church, author of the famous 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,