Is it a generational thing, or am I the only one irritated

by the penchant of "news outlets" to begin quick summaries with the phrase "here's what you need to know". I am the judge of what I want or need to know, not you, particularly when it frequently turns out to be what is "trending" and having no relation to what is actually of factual importance.

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justanothername · 51-55, M

The summary given is for those with a short attention span who don’t or chat be bothered watching the whole story. News stations have big audiences and not all viewers will have the same opinion about each news item.
Having said that, If you don’t like the news watch something else.

dancingtongue · 80-89, M

@justanothername Wasn't criticizing the summary as much as the presumption of telling me "what I NEED to know". They have no idea what I or any other viewer, reader needs to know. The job of journalists used to be, and still should be, to present what THEY consider to objectively be important. Not lecture me on what I need to know.

justanothername · 51-55, M

@dancingtongue As I said previously, if you don’t like the news readers view/opinion on what they think are important points that you need to know then don’t watch that channel. No one is forcing you to watch the news.