(Incidentally, I'm pretty sure this is an opinion/analysis article, not a news article. However, the fact that CNN doesn't clearly label opinion/analysis -- and

(Incidentally, I'm pretty sure this is an opinion/analysis article, not a news article. However, the fact that CNN doesn't clearly label opinion/analysis -- and the existence of analysis at all, which I don't remember being a thing a decade ago -- do[es] support your point.)