To clarify: I didn't add the opinion tag. It looks like I did in the revision history because the on-page tag entry box doesn't make a new revision, but replaces the last one with one containing the new content and attributes all edits since the last full revision to them (just as if you edited the story manually to add them and saved without the "new revision" option checked).
That said, I agree with it being there, so I guess the result is the same. Labeling opinion pieces as such (and press releases, satire, etc.) is a requirement of Google News membership, which is why our submission guidelines call it out as a "must". Other, more famous news publications might get away with skirting the requirements, though I suspect they are also pretty good at it.
To clarify: I didn't add the opinion tag. It looks like I did in the revision history because the on-page tag entry box doesn't make a new revision, but replaces the last one with one containing the new content and attributes all edits since the last full revision to them (just as if you edited the story manually to add them and saved without the "new revision" option checked).
That said, I agree with it being there, so I guess the result is the same. Labeling opinion pieces as such (and press releases, satire, etc.) is a requirement of Google News membership, which is why our submission guidelines call it out as a "must". Other, more famous news publications might get away with skirting the requirements, though I suspect they are also pretty good at it.
As for falling for anything: Mike was technically correct, which as we all know is the best kind of correct.