'ALL SIDES, ALL THE TIME'

For something close to full disclosure, let me first acknowledge that my cognitive bias naturally favors any enterprise that involves trusted friends and other people I like and admire.

- kripotkin ALFRED A. YUSON

In my view, their level of excellence has also endowed them with high credibility. And so, my otherwise uncharacteristic endorsement of an entertainment platform starts with this.

As a nocturnal creative, I've long developed the habit of allowing my TV set to go on practically all night.

I'm done with some live sports coverage, a Netflix or YouTube treat, and while I've settled on laptop work in a lotus position on my bed. Even after all these in the wee hours, when my arduous pursuit of sleep begins, somehow I deem the white noise more helpful than counting sheep.

Thus, while I slide into varying modes of consciousness or theta-waves acceptance, CNN customarily offers gruesome details on Trump's latest gaffes or unwelcome reports on the situation in Gaza and Ukraine. Of late, they've become so ghastly that I've had to scrounge elsewhere among various other channels for more suitable fare.

At some point, it was Cignal's One Sports channel that stretched through the night with vintage reels of the PBA as a lead-up to its 50th anniversary.

Samboy Lim in his prime and relatively early Jaworski continue to be repeat treats. When the featured games shifted to more recent seasons, then the audio was enough to replace the bleat of imagined sheep on a steeplechase race.

I've been happy with my shift to Cignal, after junking another cable subscription I had relied on for decades.

Current political events have enhanced my appreciation for its news venue with a flagship motto of "All the Sides, All the Time." I hadn't noticed it at first, but now that my need for white noise plus plus has found alternative gratification, the gladder I've been for the chance to welcome Cignal's One News channel in its entirety.