ITV (and Sky) are every bit as bad as the BBC .. all of them are reporting opinion rather than simply information about what is happening. I don't want the news to always agree with my opinion, I want news to be truthful and unbiased. The BBC needs to slim down some departments and focus less on international opinion and focus more on regional news within the UK. I do remember the end of the era of "Here is the news read by Alvar Liddel" .. at that time the "news" as reported would be concise and factual with little if any hint of the broadcaster or newsreaders opinions. News broadcasts would generally last about 10 minutes. If you wanted to read opinion or muck-raking you would buy a newspaper.