He knows his audience and he’s giving them what they want to hear, no different than do the hosts of whatever left podcasts / youtube channels / whatever else people here consume.
Seems like you could say this same thing about literally anyone; Ben Shapiro, JBP, Barfsack OCrumbo, V*ush , Rick Wolff, David Graeber, you name it. They're all just playing to their respective audiences, so who cares?
I mean that's kind of my point. The whole idea of "objective" news or journalism has always been farcical, but now even the idea of news being a public service or done for the common good has all but been completely discredited. Like the closest you get are the small-town papers that are basically glorified town criers, putting up videos of the latest city council meetings or whatever. Everything else (and even those small papers sometimes) has been completely commodified; just more products targeted for whatever market they can thrive in. Pointing out how Bad opposing media is without at least acknowledging that element of commodification feels like its leaving out a big part of the conversation.
Pointing out how Bad opposing media is without at least acknowledging that element of commodification feels like its leaving out a big part of the conversation.
Ok, I see your point a bit better now, the video doesn't really diagnose why Bill Maher has a platform, it just dunks on his bad take. It is a bit masturbatory, but hey, sometimes that's what I'm in the mood for
Seems like you could say this same thing about literally anyone; Ben Shapiro, JBP, Barfsack OCrumbo, V*ush , Rick Wolff, David Graeber, you name it. They're all just playing to their respective audiences, so who cares?
I mean that's kind of my point. The whole idea of "objective" news or journalism has always been farcical, but now even the idea of news being a public service or done for the common good has all but been completely discredited. Like the closest you get are the small-town papers that are basically glorified town criers, putting up videos of the latest city council meetings or whatever. Everything else (and even those small papers sometimes) has been completely commodified; just more products targeted for whatever market they can thrive in. Pointing out how Bad opposing media is without at least acknowledging that element of commodification feels like its leaving out a big part of the conversation.
Ok, I see your point a bit better now, the video doesn't really diagnose why Bill Maher has a platform, it just dunks on his bad take. It is a bit masturbatory, but hey, sometimes that's what I'm in the mood for
Lol that's fair.