But who is to say what is "the truth"? What gives someone the right to declare that have arrived at an unimpeachable truth?
but to come to the conclusion that there is no accurate reporting to form an opinion on is ludicrous
I am not sure I have said this. An opinion is fine, but the nature of an opinion means that it cannot be entirely neutral. Yes, there are objective facts, but how we interpret them is subject to interpretation, isn't it? Give me a truth. Tell me something that is undeniably true. I had a great exchange recently about the concept of absolute morality. Does that actually exist?