"we don't need analysis, spin or opinion on the news."
Very wrong. If you just report "facts", you're just a scribe. Facts are the basis for analysis and opinions. They need to be separated, and you need different analysis and opinions. Spins are another matter.
Not everybody has all the tools to perform his own analysis and form opinion from facts alone.
Would you like a doctor who would just tell you the facts - your exams results, and doesn't tell you her or his analysis and opinion about fixing your health issues?
Do most people have the knowledge to understand how far reaching are policy changes, who benefits and who doesn't, and what impact they have directly or indirectly?
What many politician would like is exactly to put citizens in front of "facts" they are not able to understand fully, and the twist them to make them believe this is "the best of all possible worlds" (a la Pangloss).
Why do you read El Reg otherwise? Its explicit mission is "biting the hands that feed IT". And you can't do it with exposing some facts alone - and anyway, selecting which facts to show and which not would still be analysis and opinions.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
