Is The Las Vegas Sun An Ethical Newspaper?

In many posts, I have accused the Las Vegas Sun and it's writers of being unethical. Well, am I just blowing smoke or am I correct in saying that the Las Vegas Sun is an unethical newspaper.
Well, let's look at the Society of Professional Journalists. http://www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp
In their preamble they say the following: Members of the Society of Professional Journalists believe that public enlightenment is the forerunner of justice and the foundation of democracy. The duty of the journalist is to further those ends by seeking truth and providing a fair and comprehensive account of events and issues. Conscientious journalists from all media and specialties strive to serve the public with thoroughness and honesty. Professional integrity is the cornerstone of a journalist's credibility. Members of the Society share a dedication to ethical behavior and adopt this code to declare the Society's principles and standards of practice.
Clearly, the Las Vegas Sun does not follow the preamble. The Sun does not provide a fair and comprehensive account of events and issues. The Sun has a very liberal bent and they don't hide it in their political news stories. The latest examples include the hit piece on Rep. Joe Heck and his having to layoff employees at his consulting service and the story today of Gov. Sandoval and his ruling being overturned by the 9th Circuit when Sandoval was a federal judge.
Then, in Seek Truth and Report it: Journalists should be honest, fair and courageous in gathering, reporting and interpreting information.Journalists should:
— Test the accuracy of information from all sources and exercise care to avoid inadvertent error. Deliberate distortion is never permissible.— Diligently seek out subjects of news stories to give them the opportunity to respond to allegations of wrongdoing.— Identify sources whenever feasible. The public is entitled to as much information as possible on sources' reliability.— Always question sources’ motives before promising anonymity. Clarify conditions attached to any promise made in exchange for information. Keep promises.— Make certain that headlines, news teases and promotional material, photos, video, audio, graphics, sound bites and quotations do not misrepresent. They should not oversimplify or highlight incidents out of context.— Never distort the content of news photos or video. Image enhancement for technical clarity is always permissible. Label montages and photo illustrations.— Avoid misleading re-enactments or staged news events. If re-enactment is necessary to tell a story, label it.— Avoid undercover or other surreptitious methods of gathering information except when traditional open methods will not yield information vital to the public. Use of such methods should be explained as part of the story— Never plagiarize.— Tell the story of the diversity and magnitude of the human experience boldly, even when it is unpopular to do so.— Examine their own cultural values and avoid imposing those values on others.— Avoid stereotyping by race, gender, age, religion, ethnicity, geography, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance or social status.— Support the open exchange of views, even views they find repugnant.— Give voice to the voiceless; official and unofficial sources of information can be equally valid.— Distinguish between advocacy and news reporting. Analysis and commentary should be labeled and not misrepresent fact or context.— Distinguish news from advertising and shun hybrids that blur the lines between the two.— Recognize a special obligation to ensure that the public's business is conducted in the open and that government records are open to inspection.

Under the area of: Distinguish between advocacy and news reporting. Analysis and commentary should be labeled and not misrepresent fact or context
Clearly, the Las Vegas Sun violates this standard when it writes political stories. Annjeanette Damon, Delen Goldberg, John Ralston, Karoun Damirjian and others at the Sun are clearly guilty of this unethical behavior. In their articles, many times you cannot distinguish between opinion and news and that is unethical per the Society of Professional Journalists.
Next: Show compassion for those who may be affected adversely by news coverage. Use special sensitivity when dealing with children and inexperienced sources or subjects.
The Sun allows comments on criminal stories where the innocence of a person is in question. When a person is found innocent, where does that person reclaim their reputation? The Sun allows comments that harm a person even though there is evidence when a person may be innocent of a crime.
Show good taste. Avoid pandering to lurid curiosity. I guess that expains the Sun's obsession with the porn conventions.
Expose unethical practices of journalists and the news media. Umm, I'm pretty sure that Damon or Goldberg have never reported unethical behavior at the Sun.
These are just some of the ethical problems at the Las Vegas Sun. Clearly, the Las Vegas Sun does not believe in ethical journalism behavior and they probably don't recognize The Society of Professional Journalists.
It's a shame that the liberals in Las Vegas have to put up with an unethical newspaper. I am sure that a liberal newspaper could be published and still be ethical but the Las Vegas Sun is not that newspaper.