In this case, our public editor felt it merited front-page display.
"Obviously the referee, from his angle, felt it merited a sending-off and I can understand why that's the case.
Despite these draw backs, we feel it has merit to assist with hypothesis generation, power calculations for randomized controlled trials and to guide clinical practice whilst definitive studies are conducted.
A psychological study by researchers at the University of Bath linked helmet wearing with "increased risk-taking and sensation-seeking", but the Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute did not feel it had great merit.
Research shows that when they succeed, women often feel that it is by chance, she says, whereas men feel it is on merit.
You can still tackle things in your own way a lot of the time, but unlike effectively sneaking around in, say, Crysis, you don't feel it's because of any merit on your part.
As excited as I was for my fellow New Yorkers to see this historical world heritage artifact, our media did not feel it warranted enough interest or merit to give it the coverage it deserved.
Monk felt it was entirely merited.
Boss Ronald Koeman felt it was fully merited, saying: "In the first half we scored two great goals and were much the better team on the pitch.
At the same time, though, he might approve a game that others would find offensive if he felt it had artistic merit; and in this he joins a growing chorus, principally of academics, who say it's time to start taking the video game a lot more seriously, not as a sociological phenomenon but as an art form in its own right.
