LAT reports on McCain speech in Los Angeles

The LAT reports on the front page today on John McCain's speech in Los Angeles yesterday. But the LAT does not merely report. It also judges, spins, interprets and twists. Here are a few examples:

"... carefully distancing himself from President Bush and seeking to sound a moderate tone," John McCain ... -- Shouldn't the reader judge this, not the LAT? How does the LAT know what John McCain was seeking? Did the reporter ask?

"The speech showed McCain in a political pivot as he emerges from a Republican primary battle and looks ahead to a general election campaign in which he must win over independents and moderates." -- Political pivot? Isn't that a judgment call? Shouldn't the reader do the judging? Must McCain win over independents and moderates? Maybe? But is that something a LAT reporter knows or something the reporter assumes? Shouldn't a reporter get an expert's opinion on that if he wants to include it in the piece?

Are reporters told to include their own judgments in their reporting? Or are they told to report facts and observations of people they have interviewed? The latter would be preferable.