Those who are slagging off the ITK's are in my humble opinion suggesting that they are dishonest and deliberately telling stuff they know nothing about in here. If this was true I think the code of conduct has rules covering such wumming, and the rules should be applied to the ITK's.
I disagree completely with the slagging of off the ITK's. I believe they are trying to do us a favour by honestly providing information they have heard about a topic which interests a lot of people strongly. I, for one, am grateful for this and accept that such information can be wrong. This does not change the honesty of the guys who share what they have heard. Slagging them off is, again in my humble opinion, childish and something that should perhaps be added to the code of conduct, so ITK's bashers could be banned.