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I've only ever seen Breaking Points content through either a Reddit feed, YouTube suggestion, or the TikTok ForYou Page. I was looking a little more into their show and who these hosts were after getting a video served to me today. Krystal Ball is a registered Democrat and one-time failed U.S House candidate for Virginia, and Saagar Enjeti is a political commentator, former White House Correspondent for The Daily Caller, and registered Republican.
They both describe themselves as "Populists", and their show as a "fearless anti-establishment Youtube show and podcast."
I'm not sure how useful the analysis would be from these two. They seem pretty intent on maintaining this "Plurality" of political perspectives thing they have going on. This was the video that got me looking into them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1JaVBYptaU
so what's the temp check on Breaking Points?
Ball and the more Establishment-critical left leaning guests (like Max Alvarez) they would have on were a big part of how I got from peak lib to ML. Enjeti is insufferable though, as well as the other right wing guests they have on. I watched regularly in 2020, before they left The Hill, but didn't like the transition to the independent platform.
It's kind of a forced "look we can have totally differing views and still be friends* kind of presentation, but in terms of getting people to start asking the right kind of critical questions it may be ok.