[ravenstine]

That's true, except it used to be common to label such articles as "editorial" or "opinion". Granted, you and I can already recognize that it's an opinion piece, but not having an explicit distinction is obviously intended to blur the lines between fact and opinion. I'm just not a fan of this practice.

[rhcom2]

Very fair. I have seen people share opinion pieces as news articles before too. Very similar to the ads that look exactly like articles.