My response was based on, I’d say 30-35 years of watching his career, starting in standup and moving on to commentary and punditry.
I do apologize for not watching this clip before commenting but my sense is that he presents an air of smug, distant dissatisfaction, pretending he knows better and mildly insulting while still allowing his guests to put forth their shitty and damaging views relatively unchallenged.
Hence the comparison to Rogan.
If 30+ years of observations about Maher’s career and attitudes - including actually watching his shows for a very long time - comes down to misinformation in your eyes… I dunno what else to say. I guess I didn’t spell this all out earlier. I neither read nor follow Salon in general.
It’s just my opinion in the end, which can’t be fucking disinformation.
Fair point, I haven’t watched it.
But Maher still platformed Kennedy.
Really? Have you seen Bill’s career? I’m not a huge fan, but it’s all there to see. He’s been pretty consistently critical over the decades.
Yeah. It’s kinda always been his thing to interview folks running for president. Isn’t that how this works?
So that’s your thing? You just make stuff up about people and topics you didn’t read or look into from a salon.com headline?
My response was based on, I’d say 30-35 years of watching his career, starting in standup and moving on to commentary and punditry.
I do apologize for not watching this clip before commenting but my sense is that he presents an air of smug, distant dissatisfaction, pretending he knows better and mildly insulting while still allowing his guests to put forth their shitty and damaging views relatively unchallenged.
Hence the comparison to Rogan.
If 30+ years of observations about Maher’s career and attitudes - including actually watching his shows for a very long time - comes down to misinformation in your eyes… I dunno what else to say. I guess I didn’t spell this all out earlier. I neither read nor follow Salon in general.
It’s just my opinion in the end, which can’t be fucking disinformation.