Schuyler
Misanthrope
The thing is, Mel, you don't know anything. You just let your guests ramble on about anything and call that interviewing. It would be like me hosting a show about horses. I don't know anything about horses. They have four legs, come in various colors, and they whinny and poop. That's about all I know. I LIKE horses, sure, and I've even been on one a couple of times, but I really can't tell an Arab from a Budweiser. So someone could come on my horse show and wax eloquent bullshit about four toed pink horses and I wouldn't know the difference. I would say, "Oh, wow!"
If I wanted to learn about horses I would pick a show hosted by someone who had grown up with horses, studied horses, and had established credentials as an expert on horses.
If I were a charlatan, a Bassett, or an exopolitics idiot who communed with whales, I'd pick your show because I would know I'd get an easy ride and be able to spout my BS without any serious questions being asked. Yeah, you've had some good guests on. They're trying to promote themselves and will use any avenue they can, and that's okay. But you're not very discriminating, and your show suffers for it. Yours is not the only show in this category, but it clearly fits. These so-called journalists who say "I are a journalist, therefore I can talk about anything" are NOT helping the field. They are adding to the noise.
I'm glad your show is 'doing so well,' but I would suggest this is a matter of marketing rather than any sort of expertise.
If I wanted to learn about horses I would pick a show hosted by someone who had grown up with horses, studied horses, and had established credentials as an expert on horses.
If I were a charlatan, a Bassett, or an exopolitics idiot who communed with whales, I'd pick your show because I would know I'd get an easy ride and be able to spout my BS without any serious questions being asked. Yeah, you've had some good guests on. They're trying to promote themselves and will use any avenue they can, and that's okay. But you're not very discriminating, and your show suffers for it. Yours is not the only show in this category, but it clearly fits. These so-called journalists who say "I are a journalist, therefore I can talk about anything" are NOT helping the field. They are adding to the noise.
I'm glad your show is 'doing so well,' but I would suggest this is a matter of marketing rather than any sort of expertise.