CNN to return to the business of journalism

So what does that mean?

I remember hearing on the radio over 30 years ago (driving to work) that the journalist convention had just voted, and that the majority did not feel obligated to follow the Journalism Code of Ethics. There was also something about facts being less relevant than social influence, or something along those lines. I tried searching for information about it, but that occurred well before the internet, and I think that the votes weren't for official policy as much as an opinion poll.