Yes, I think they do mix too much. As the line between facts and opinions blurs, it is difficult to get an unbiased and reliable source of information from the media. I believe that opinions should not be considered to be in the same league as facts. However, it is important to differentiate between an expert's view on a subject and the view of laypeople in that subject. News and media outlets have a duty to provide unbiased and accurate information from reliable sources to the people. Opinion pieces, without any evidence to back them up, when circulated in media can sway the view of people who are not familiar with the topic but are swayed by the appeal to emotion made by the writer of the piece.
Hence, keeping the above arguments in mind, I think there should be a well defined degree of seperation between actual news and opinions.
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