How Valuable are Talk Shows? What is the "Big Picture"?

Honestly, I don't really watch talk shows very often, especially when it comes to politics. Throughout television, there are so many options that you can choose from, but which is considered a "valuable source" to look into? In my opinion, when you have one person in charge of an entire show, it's most likely that this source of information is biased. The reason for this is because one person can really only provide so much information that they might not exactly have all the details on any given situation. If you have multiple people involved in the talk show, maybe you could get more information about something, but is it considered news or is it just people telling us something that we most likely already know? 

Lets take a look at two different anchors: Larry King and Bill O'Reilly.

 

I've never really watched too much of their respected shows, but both of these guys have different ways of gaining an audience to watch them on television. Bill O'Reilly has been known for looking at politics from his own perspective and has had guests debating about the various topics, but I can't really see how this is a "valuable source" when I'm trying to figure out a dilemma in the political world. On the other hand, Larry King talked about politics for decades, but not on his OWN political view. He even talks about on this video found here! He never felt his political opinion ever mattered, and that is a rather interesting way of looking at it. Does our political opinion really matter?

Yes, we are all entitled to our own opinions, there's nothing wrong with that! But if our opinions don't really matter, why are we so worried about getting information from people that are just going to express theirs? I think we need to focus more on the FACTS! Facts provide us with information while opinion is just the way we look at the facts and what we think about it. Whatever we way look at any situation, odds are opinions might not be a main solution.