I searched the page for the words blog, opinion, and editorial => zero matches. It does look like an opinion piece, but they should at least label it as such.
When I saw the words "Bite Me" in the title, it set certain expectations for what was to follow. I would have been surprised had it been anything but an opinion piece.
Wow, is CNN a news organization or a press release promotion mill?
CNN's one-sidedness made me uneasy enough to research the contrarian opinion, this is the best summary I found:
http://paidcontent.org/2012/05/14/e-book-class-action-new-de...
Effectively the evidence in the govt's case shows that:
a) AAPL recognized that they required the collusion of the top 5 publishers to set market pricing, and actively solicited them.
b) AAPL suggested pricing to the top 5 publishers.
I believe in due process, just pointing out that there is clearly more here than CNN's summary allows.