I would believe this. If its not about him, entirely, he is not interested.
Also, I have always thought him to be intellectually lazy, so watching any cable news would be a strain on that weak brain of his.
When he was in office, Obama used to talk about watching basketball on TV all the time. He also claimed to know about certain things only by seeing them on TV or reading in the paper. He’s a big liar, now, then, or both.