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In reply to the discussion: maybe we shouldn't be so worried about Faux News anymore........ [View all]Johnny2X2X
(24,286 posts)A ton of his shows, maybe even the majority used to have zero to do with politics or political issues. He'll spend 3 hours talking to a guy who survived in the wilderness, or talk to some animal expert about which animals are the toughest. Or he'll talk to sports figures, or experts in science or drugs. Or he'll talk to someone about hunting. Those conversations are entertaining, but I think now he's getting ratings more from purely political topics.
He's a provocateur to some extent, but he's also irresponsible in other ways. He plays bother siderism too much. He'll rip Trump for being anti Democracy and basically evil, but then say that's still preferable to Joe Biden because Joe Biden is old.
He's a fairly talented comedian, so he's funny to listen to, he's genuinely curious about the world and has some really interesting guests. But now he's chasing the money so he's getting more and more political as his ratings rise.
He had a Nobel Prize winning physicist on for 3 hours once and they just talked about the universe and particle physics, that was an amazing episode. But he has on ex military who talk Hillary Conspiracies too often. And he claims to be this victim of cancel culture while he's got a massive audience.