The OC register’s editorial staff is (was) conservative/liberatarian but their regular columnists and staff writers are (were) not. That’s part of the reason I stopped subscribing.
I used to read it on breaks at work 10 years ago and even then I think you are right. The editorials were generally good, but the front page stories rarely made sense from my point of view. I was never a “columns” reader so can’t recall. Did it get worse over the last 10 years ?
” but their regular columnists and staff writers are (were) not.”
David Whiting being a prime example. That dolt would routinely parrot SPLC talking points in his column.