Members of The Mass Media are allowed to be as politically active, or inactive, as they choose. Partisanship is not discouraged or prohibited at The Mass Media. However, writers have a responsibility to keep their work non-biased, regardless of their personal beliefs.

If a member of the newspaper is involved with a political issue that may cause a conflict or bias on behalf of the newspaper or member, the staff member is encouraged to inform their section editor or the Editor-in-Chief, but they are not required to do so. Writers and editors who are part of an outside political organization must inform the Editor-in-Chief of their involvement before writing any article about the organization, their events, or any topic which the political organization has a stake in. (For example, someone involved in the Elizabeth Warren campaign must inform the Editor-in-Chief of their involvement before writing an article about an election Warren is running in, but may still write articles about other political topics.)

Additionally, the member may write an article about the issue or organization to be published in the Opinions section, but any News article written for the paper should be authored by a non-affiliated member, as to avoid bias.

The opinion section of the newspaper is, in its purest sense, an open forum for the community that the paper serves. More so than any other section of the paper, the opinion section belongs to the readers, and should allow writers and contributors to present their viewpoints. However, the opinion section must still abide by the news values and principles as defined previously. It cannot present opinion as fact. Opinions must be presented clearly as such — it is not sufficient to say that “since it is published in the Opinions section, it is therefore clearly an opinion.” Defamation and libel is still possible in an opinion article. Any factual statements must be accompanied by a reliable citation or interview.

Any article written about political stance should be published in the Opinions section. The only political articles published in the News section should be nonpartisan and without bias or affiliation.

No Student Government campaigning or politicking may occur in the newsroom. The Mass Media does not endorse any candidates for Student Government.