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Readers of the morningenergy site may notice what appears to be disproportionate coverage of “America’s Natural Gas Alliance.” That’s the funder of the site, and its “messages” are vaguely delineated from the journalistic coverage by just two small asterisks and word that you are now reading “a message” from the group. More clearly delineating the sponsored messages from the actual news coverage might help avoid readers’ confusing the two … and might help reduce the likelihood that the advertiser, rather than the news room, is seen as making the decisions on coverage.