How Comedy Was Destroyed by an Anti-Reality Doomsday Cult-

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10. I completely agree. Joy Behar recently said how did we go from Walter Cronkite to Joe Rogan?

Although he gives his very uneducated, misinformed thoughts on so many matters, to millions of young men, it was comedy where he got his start.
Many of the other " bro" types got their start in comedy. Now they are supposedly " king makers"? I didn't realize till recently that he was the host of the tv show Fear Factor. He had hair back then.
I don't find any of them funny.
Their brand of comedy is a way to bully others. The few times I've watched any of them, when they are not bullying and being mean, so much of it is potty humor. I mean literally.
That's fine if you like that kind of thing. Stick to that. How do you go from having discussions about whether dragons exist to " seriously" discussing policy and health matters?
Someone mentioned that early on his podcast, when he started having experts in various fields on his show, he seemed genuinely curious, now it seems as if he's attacking experts - I guess he "did his research".
This video is an interesting take on that whole genre. Its almost cult -like - in the way MAGA is.
I admit I was late to the party to understand the reach and hold these " comedy" podcasts have.
Its interesting to see other young men noticing their " right ward" pull and starting to criticize them.
I posted another video recently of other comics being critical of this " enmeshment" of comedy and politics.

To be fair, there are left leaning comedians that comment on politics - But its a different type of commentary. It seems that Rogan and the Bros have really designated themselves as king makers, able to shape policy.