u/DonnyBoyCane

Is that the absolute worst human beings in the sports/political ecosphere (that I wish we wouldn't even give oxygen to) get to rarely not be entirely wrong when they call out Dan (and the show) for anything remotely close to journalism and journalism critiques.

You simply can't credibly attack anything like Strahan (an ultimate media lightweight) for doing a shallow interview in relation to journalistic standards when you've openly burned whatever remained of your own bona fides on this front. Freely saying you basically won't even cover Russini and Joy Taylor prior because they're "friends" and you're not in the business of "adding to their pain" comes with a cost whether you like it or not.

You're a conflicted compromised podcaster now, Dan....and that's profitable and easy but that's it. It was one thing Stu was 1000% right about. And we as show fans can't really credibly defend you or the show on this front when the biggest scumbags in your world make this point about your brazen hypocrisies- despite having a million of their own.

But hey...whatevs!...we're ALL Pulitizer winners, right?!

....he shouldn't lean too hard into the battles with athletes or the "You wanna play THIS game?!" type of threats.

And I preface this by saying that I'm sure Austin Rivers is a giant douche. I mean the Dook part alone, amirite? But these little wars and threats are sooooo Steven A.-esque and lame and at the end of the day (right or wrong) basically nobody is going to give props to the non-former athlete media member.

Just sayin' it's a weak sauce look imo and Amin as a Pulitzer Prize recipient is smart enough to wage these wars (if he must) in a non overt manner.

I think we (along with JVL & Sarah) are selling this mindset short when assuming it has ZERO political value.

Shortly after he began to sell his entire soul, I had the "pleasure" of having a brief exchange with Marco Rubio. In this moment, he freely espoused that the key to current elections is motivating your base and suppressing/demoralizing the opposition vote and absolutely not about prioritizing "winning new voters".

Now back to JVL, let's assume things continue to go south for Trump. Now let's assume there's a significant amount of Trump voters that are disenchanted or even regretful about their Trump support....but also will simply never vote for whatever Dem wins the '28 nomination. Does it not behoove there to be at least some JVL shaming and ridiculing to be happening? Does that not at minimum nudge a lot of these individuals along to becoming cynical about politics in general and lead them to be non-participatory in voting and as citizens- something we'd ALL benefit from.

Starts at the 1:15:45 mark if the link doesn't take you directly there. He does a little assessment of his growth/mindset changes professionally earlier in this pod but this part was also fairly interesting if you're a Mike fan. I personally appreciate how he wears this stuff on his sleeve and doesn't segregate it from his iob or at least his on-air performance.