Thanks for all your replies.
@stampsurprise sorry if I wasn't clear...
Glad you aren't upset by my reply. Afterwards I thought I sounded bossy, but I am trying to help.
what I meant to say is he comments about the news in a negative, critical way saying it is too full of emotion and it shouldn't be.
I see what he means in a way. I am in my 50s and the news has changed A LOT. Instead of reporting news, they try and tell us what we should think about the news. I was horrified at 9/11 when they kept showing those people jumping to their deaths over and over 24/7. Graphic images of people's relatives. I'd have been traumatised as a child if I'd watched all that.
He doesn't like the BBC either.
Many many people don't like the BBC. I'm not too keen on them myself these days. Certainly, all the stuff that came out about Saville and other abusers whom the BBC protected all these years is a real eye-opener. The BBC hire goons to go around harassing people about licence fees. They will not believe you when you say you don't watch TV etc. I know a lady who has bought a licence out of fear. She doesn't even need it!
Lots of people criticise the BBC including commentators, newscasters and a former Director General of the BBC:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticismofthe_BBCC_
He blames them for contributing to lockdown and says politicians respond to the media and he also thinks the same about the Marcus Rashford campaign. He says the mps bowed to pressure. He sees that as a negative whereas I see it as a positive.*
Well, I think he has a point. The media's job is to hype everything to the max for maximum drama - to get views and clicks. I don't think the Government should be led around by the nose by the "Daily Mail" for instance. It's irresponsible reporting that led to the panic buying situation.
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On rare occasions he can respond to a news item with tears. And he can be compassionate at times and give money to charity.*
Well, then all is not lost. I think that's lovely. He cannot be a 100% coldhearted monster after all. You have material to work with here.
But he tends to be suspicious and cynical about situations and others whereas I'm more trusting.
That's a different personality to yours. There are many people different to you out there. If you are more trusting and not cynical, perhaps you could just your empathic qualities to try and understand him better? Lead by example.
Remember, our personalities are influenced by our past experiences and our upbringing. He didn't come into the world like that. He probably has reasons for it. I wish to goodness I'd been more suspicious and cynical throughout my life. I've been ripped off and abused so many times, but my heart has hardened now I can tell you!
He is a man who isn't really emotional at all and calls me too emotional.
If he can cry at the news, he is not that unemotional. I don't think there is a "right" amount or a "wrong" amount of emotionality. Who would make that decision anyway? Why should someone get to decide for others how emotional they should be? Perhaps it's good that you can balance each other. Too much of one thing can be bad. Think yin-yang here.
Sometimes it's as though he just has to disagree with me.
I feel I'm in a power struggle.
Perhaps he feels the same way? You need to think about what you are looking for here? His full agreement? If he said he agreed with everything you said it would be likely lip-service only but would that make you happy?
You only need to read the threads here on MN to see there are many, many opposing views and shades of grey in between. There will be disagreements on this very thread in how to help you and people who hate this post I am typing.
We have said no more political discussions and he often walks out now when the news is on.
Well, it sounds like he has respected the decision for no more political discussions and is handling it in the best way for him. Does he have to watch the news if it feels better to him that he doesn't?
I honestly thought he would agree about the school dinner campaign.
Sometimes after such a conversation he will back track and "soften" somewhat.
Well, perhaps you gave him food (no pun intended!) for thought. The fact he has "softened" and "back-tracked" means he IS taking on board some of what you say. That's a good thing.
But he is still the same most of the time.
You'll never completely get someone else to bend to your will. Would you really want that anyway?
Like I said, we have other problems and the last few years have been particularly difficult. He has a temper and shouts and swears about stuff.
I think these are maybe the real issues at the heart of the matter. I think a lot of the politics and arguing about the news is just a smokescreen for the real problems. Have you got a plan to resolve those?
Lastly, you could try posting a separate thread for all your different views and read the varying responses, trying to understand the points each poster is making. You will be surprised to see all the different points. So it's unrealistic to expect your DH to agree with you 100% of the time.