[bogomipz]

No, "most reporting" is certainly not "based on opinions." The only acceptable "opinions" expressed in straight reporting are the opinions of the people in the story i.e the subjects. To do otherwise is known as "editorializing" and has no place in a straight news story.

Newspapers have their own section for expressing the opinions of a writer and they are clearly labeled Editorial or OpEd.

It's bizarre to me that you want to be critical yet seem to lack a fundamental understanding of the thing you are being critical of.