Based on my previous question, without being written in an opinion part of the news, why are articles based in the authors opinion and not facts?

1. Economic and format incentives push reporting toward opinion

Commercial pressures and the rise of 24-hour and digital platforms encourage programming and articles that retain attention through argumentation, punditry and personality, and RAND’s work shows a general shift "from objective event‑based reporting to reporting that relies more heavily on argumentation and advocacy," with cable prime‑time in particular filled with opinion‑style shows designed to attract narrower, engaged audiences ^{[1] [5]}.

2. Audiences reward emotionally framed, interpretive content

Multiple outlets note that audiences often prefer explanations or value‑driven takes and that content creators intentionally mix facts with opinions "to make their perspective more credible" and to fire up emotions and engagement, a dynamic that pulls more journalists and platforms toward analysis and commentary ^{[6] [3]}.

3. Professional norms and the persistence of labeled opinion

Journalists and newsrooms still maintain explicit separations—editorials, op‑eds and comment columns remain the designated home for subjective views—but industry guides emphasize that mixing fact and opinion occurs on editorial pages and increasingly in reporting when context and analysis are demanded; the New York News Publishers Association and newsroom training materials still teach that opinion belongs in labeled spaces while acknowledging the practical mixing that happens ^{[7] [8]}.

4. Confusion about labeling makes opinion feel like news

Surveys and experiments show many consumers struggle to distinguish factual claims from opinion statements, which amplifies the perception that "news" is opinionated; the Pew Research Center found Americans often cannot reliably categorize short news‑style statements as factual or opinion, and the American Press Institute reports that over half of people say distinguishing news from opinion is not easy ^{[2] [9] [4]}.

5. Partisan bias and cognitive factors distort the fact/opinion divide

Academic studies link partisan motivated reasoning to systematic misclassification: better civics or current events knowledge helps, but affective polarization leads both Democrats and Republicans to view congenial claims as facts and opposing claims as merely opinion, complicating corrections and allowing opinionated framing to stick as if it were factual reporting ^{[10] [2]}.

6. Industry diagnostics and remedies are explicit about the problem

Media reliability projects rate sources by fact density, showing that coverage with more verifiable facts earns higher reliability scores while opinionated programming ranks lower on the Media Bias Chart; news‑industry groups recommend clearer labeling, audience education and newsroom practices that separate analysis from reporting as ways to reduce the "opinion creep" RAND and others describe ^{[3] [1] [4]}.

7. Two legitimate reasons opinion persists in journalism

First, interpretation and context are often necessary to make sense of complex events—analysis that is transparently framed as interpretation can be valuable—second, opinion content is commercially sustainable and politically salient; the literature and practitioner sources both acknowledge that opinion can play an important role if it is properly labeled and not presented as unambiguous fact ^{[6] [7] [5]}.

Conclusion: why many articles read like authors’ opinions rather than pure facts

The convergence of market incentives, platform formats, audience preferences for interpretive narratives, documented difficulty among readers in distinguishing fact from opinion, and partisan cognitive biases explains why a sizable portion of contemporary journalism tilts toward authorial viewpoint; scholars and industry groups agree the solution is not to eliminate analysis but to sharpen labels, expand media literacy and privilege verifiable reporting when the aim is to inform rather than persuade ^{[1] [4] [2] [3]}.