I think the answer is opera
1. you don't need <em>the </em>in lake manitoba
2. don't need <em>the </em>in saudi arabia
3. don't need <em>the</em> before africa
4. don't need <em>the</em> before lisbon
5. no <em>the</em> before antarctica
srry for the misspellings.
The answer is not "Editorials often represent only one viewpoint on a particular issue rather than giving multiple perspectives."
Yes this is punctuated correctly