When the New Mexico Independent Editor flouts the code of ethics established by its parent organization, the Center for Independent Media, can rank-and-file journalists be expected to do any better?

The code requires analysis to be clearly labeled as analysis, and clearly differentiated from news. How hard is it to write

Analysis

in HTML above the headline of a story?

A more accurate heading for this kind of analysis might be

Smart-aleck political message

.

Center for Independent Media code of ethics
http://newjournalist.org/ethics/
“Acknowledge the difference between advocacy and news reporting. Analysis and commentary should be understood as such.”

Or, has the journalism profession changed so that “like he's got cooties” is now mature, descriptive news language?

By the way, lice infestations remain a problem among children in some parts of New Mexico and repeating the phrase “like he's got cooties” does nothing to help those children — usually from impoverished households — who might be stigmatized by their peers when they suffer from head lice, also known as “cooties.”

When the New Mexico Independent Editor flouts the code of ethics established by its parent organization, the Center for Independent Media, can rank-and-file journalists be expected to do any better?

The code requires analysis to be clearly labeled as analysis, and clearly differentiated from news. How hard is it to write

Analysis

in HTML above the headline of a story?

A more accurate heading for this kind of analysis might be

Smart-aleck political message

.

Center for Independent Media code of ethics
http://newjournalist.org/ethics/
“Acknowledge the difference between advocacy and news reporting. Analysis and commentary should be understood as such.”

Or, has the journalism profession changed so that “like he's got cooties” is now mature, descriptive news language?

By the way, lice infestations remain a problem among children in some parts of New Mexico and repeating the phrase “like he's got cooties” does nothing to help those children — usually from impoverished households — who might be stigmatized by their peers when they suffer from head lice, also known as “cooties.”

When the New Mexico Independent Editor flouts the code of ethics established by its parent organization, the Center for Independent Media, can rank-and-file journalists be expected to do any better?

The code requires analysis to be clearly labeled as analysis, and clearly differentiated from news. How hard is it to write <h2>Analysis</h2> in HTML above the headline of a story?

A more accurate heading for this kind of analysis might be <h2>Smart-aleck political message</h2>.

Center for Independent Media code of ethics
http://newjournalist.org/ethics/
“Acknowledge the difference between advocacy and news reporting. Analysis and commentary should be understood as such.”

Or, has the journalism profession changed so that “like he's got cooties” is now mature, descriptive news language?

By the way, lice infestations remain a problem among children in some parts of New Mexico and repeating the phrase “like he's got cooties” does nothing to help those children — usually from impoverished households — who might be stigmatized by their peers when they suffer from head lice, also known as “cooties.”