ITN has just abandoned the word 'independent' from their name.

Their report from Baghdad is insanely pro-western. Michael Nicholson, their 'veteran' war correspondent went out into the streets and welcomed the Americans, saying 'We've been waiting for you for three weeks now. What took you so long?' and the whole atmosphere was one of 'thank god Saddam's gone'.

He said, 'I don't speak a word of Arabic, but I can guess they're saying "Death to Saddam".' He then wandered through the crowd saying, 'Death to Saddam? Death to Saddam?', prompting responses from the people.

Utterly unprofessional.

However, they had a far better camera angle for the pulling down of the statue - right underneath it.

(It snapped at the knees, not the ankles.)