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Gheb posted...

CyricZ posted...

Gheb posted...

it covered a huge range of often apolitical under-discussed topics.

Many of them were politically connected in nature, even in the early days of the show.

The earliest ones were capital punishment, the global warming controversy, net neutrality, and immigration reform.

The show has never not been political. It's only recently that nearly everything political has revolved around Trump.

Oh I don't disagree that the show has always been political, but it was tackling topics in a way that wasn't just left talking points. For instance the issues above, are rarely party line defining. Yes, your average democrat is more likely to be against capital punishment, believe that global warming exists, and for net neutrality. But if a conservative told you that they were against capital punishment, believed that global warming was happening, and was pro net neutrality, would you really question if they were conservative or not?

I would say of my conservative friends each of them subscribes to at least one or more of those points.

Maybe apolitical was the wrong word but his segments mostly consisted of this is what issue is this is why it is bad/good. This is what we are not doing about it.

no, you were right.

it used to tackle topics that were very meaningful from a policy standpoint, but much less talked about in political circles. the best example of that, imo, is when it did a topic on workforce and economic development, basically talking about tax breaks. it cited a really new and highly influential study from the WE Upjohn Institute. And I mean from a neutral perspective I guess leftists are more likely to support the reforms it promoted than right wingers, but the whole point of the show was that it was an issue no one talks about in mainstream parlance without a political bias

now half the show is trump jokes
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