Do you like the Talk TV channel?

[Rose65]

I do. We have begun watching our news on this channel rather than BBC or Sky. The one where Mike Graham and Kev discuss the news is very good, they say what we are thinking. It has the feel of being in a group of friends nattering about the news of the day in a pub or cafe!

I much prefer that to ingesting continual dry, upsetting and miserable news delivery.

Have tried this or which channel do you prefer for news?

 

[VaughanJB]

I do. We have begun watching our news on this channel rather than BBC or Sky. The one where Mike Graham and Kev discuss the news is very good, they say what we are thinking. It has the feel of being in a group of friends nattering about the news of the day in a pub or cafe!

I much prefer that to ingesting continual dry, upsetting and miserable news delivery.

Have tried this or which channel do you prefer for news?

I don't watch any broadcast news regularly. Turned out I don't need to know about every little event that is happening in the world at any given time. If something comes into my purvey, I'll research it from there. So much "news" has absolutely no impact on my personal life experience, why cram my head full of it?

As an aside, your first paragraph is a little troubling. I appreciate you may like the people and the presentation, but when you write "they say what we are thinking", it suggests you may be in an echo chamber. That is, listening to things we like, and not listening to things we don't like. Normally that's great, but it's not good when it comes to the news, imo. Only by truly understanding both sides of an argument, can we arrive at the truth. So much editorial these days is heavily biased - on both sides - it's essentially suspect.

That said, news broadcasts today are mostly for entertainment purposes anyway.

 

[hollydolly]

I don't watch any broadcast news regularly. Turned out I don't need to know about every little event that is happening in the world at any given time. If something comes into my purvey, I'll research it from there. So much "news" has absolutely no impact on my personal life experience, why cram my head full of it?

As an aside, your first paragraph is a little troubling. I appreciate you may like the people and the presentation, but when you write "they say what we are thinking", it suggests you may be in an echo chamber. That is, listening to things we like, and not listening to things we don't like. Normally that's great, but it's not good when it comes to the news, imo. Only by truly understanding both sides of an argument, can we arrive at the truth. So much editorial these days is heavily biased - on both sides - it's essentially suspect.

That said, news broadcasts today are mostly for entertainment purposes anyway.

You put it so much better than me... I was thinking precisely this...

 

[oldaunt]

Nope. Can't think of anything more stupifying than a talk show.

 

[Rose65]

I don't watch any broadcast news regularly. Turned out I don't need to know about every little event that is happening in the world at any given time. If something comes into my purvey, I'll research it from there. So much "news" has absolutely no impact on my personal life experience, why cram my head full of it?

As an aside, your first paragraph is a little troubling. I appreciate you may like the people and the presentation, but when you write "they say what we are thinking", it suggests you may be in an echo chamber. That is, listening to things we like, and not listening to things we don't like. Normally that's great, but it's not good when it comes to the news, imo. Only by truly understanding both sides of an argument, can we arrive at the truth. So much editorial these days is heavily biased - on both sides - it's essentially suspect.

That said, news broadcasts today are mostly for entertainment purposes anyway.

Oh I only meant the presenters freely and openly discuss the news. It often means they reflect my opinions. I just like their chatting about it.

 

[Rose65]

Nope. Can't think of anything more stupifying than a talk show.

It's not a talk show, they just look at the news and discuss it, pointing out absurdities etc.

 

[oldaunt]

It's not a talk show, they just look at the news and discuss it, pointing out absurdities etc.

I can read. I don't need someone to tell me their opinion on the news.

 

[Jules]

As an aside, your first paragraph is a little troubling. I appreciate you may like the people and the presentation, but when you write "they say what we are thinking", it suggests you may be in an echo chamber. That is, listening to things we like, and not listening to things we don't like. Normally that's great, but it's not good when it comes to the news, imo. Only by truly understanding both sides of an argument, can we arrive at the truth. So much editorial these days is heavily biased - on both sides - it's essentially suspect.

Thanks for that. I saw that Holly quoted this too.