Ironically, the reason there have been more public interest stories as opposed to hard news and in-depth investigative journalism has been chronic under funding of the CBC news bureau. Peter has been arguing against these cuts his entire tenure. As for the opinion pieces such as the At Issue and Insiders panels there are representatives of all three parties / opinions with Peter simply asking questions. As for the public interest stories if Inuit are committing suicides at alarming rates or children are suffering ghastly illnesses their parents cannot afford to pay prescriptions for or a local town builds a new ice arena all are news and if you think some of them are inconvenient or challenge your worldview facts as such can't carry bias. They are what they are.