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For Leftists: What happens when a content creator has a questionable guest on? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by sinewyshadow@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Hi. This question is for leftists mostly. If you watch a content creator that's on the left, but they have a questionable guest on, do you continue to watch that creator or do you find a different creator to watch? I sometimes watch The Convo Couch and Danny Haiphong, but they've had very questionable guests on and I can't bring myself to support guests like that. Bonus question: Do you watch non-left channels?

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[–] livus@kbin.social 44 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I mean Louis Theroux has interviewed literal nazis and Westboro baptists, and I feel that my understanding of the world and humans is better for having watched those interviews.

It really depends on what the creator is trying to acieve by having the guest.

[–] bluebadoo@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

I second this view. If the interviewer maintains a critical approach to their analysis of the interviewees responses, I see no reason to discontinue watching. However, having a guest who is consistently an unreliable source of information and taking their views at face value screams red flags to me.

Kind of like assessing a new relationship, if your prospective partner becomes someone completely different around friends with opposing views, run. They aren’t an objective source, they are a mirror with a megaphone.

[–] burningmatches 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Louis talks about this exact issue on his Hot Ones interview.

[–] livus@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

@burningmatches haven't seen that episode! Thanks, I'll take a look.

[–] sinewyshadow@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm guessing they think the guest has a better analysis than the media and isn't endorsed by corporate backing.

[–] livus@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds like you feel they're just uncritically supporting the views of people you find questionable?

If that's the case, I can see why you might get tired of watching something like that, and I can also see why it would make you wary of the host's judgement.

[–] sinewyshadow@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Yes. I'm also worried they're getting fed dogwhistles or right-wing talking points from these people. Danny Haiphong used to be a journalist for Black Agenda Report which is very very left/socialist, and now he's having alt-right content creators on. Although, to be fair, he was a correspondent with Jimmy Dore, so he was already questionable.