Dave wrote:
I give these kinds of programs mixed reviews. Programs of talking heads
sometimes provoke thought.

That can be true, when there is some fact or some relevant observation
involved. Most often, it seems that the people on these shows are either
just confabulating, or trying to get the audience to agree with their
views by repeating them often & vehemently.

But it bothers me the way that this kind of loud-mouth-ism has crept
into popular acceptance... it's now common for "news anchor" persons to
cast insults at political figures or anybody... the other day, in a
major metro area I was listening to what purported to be news on the
radio and was flabbergasted to hear the announcer relate details of a
personal tragedy, then say "He must be a liberal, they're the only ones
that are so dumb."

... Programs of what my wife calls "shouting heads"
generally turn me off. One of the programs I give fairly high marks to is
George Stephanopoulos's Sunday morning program.

Never seen it, I don't watch much TV.

Good grief, people even get all worked up talking politics in SAILING
forums!

DSK