This blurring of fact and fiction is creeping into all facets of publishing, including newspapers. We won’t even consider blogs or some of the talking heads on television who stretch the truth or embellish it. This is a dangerous trend and needs to be treated as such. Newspapers still fire the culprits and often, the editors as well. Publishing should be held to the same standards. The public is already distrustful. Readers deserve the truth. Publishers should do their homework and label fiction as such.