• Ulrich@feddit.org
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      12 days ago

      It’s amazing to me that network TV even exists anymore…

      We had a local FM radio host that was fired a few years ago. Started up a podcast immediately and it was way more entertaining and more lucrative than his radio show ever was.

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      I don’t think it’s a question of if he has the influence. He obviously does. There are few people who have earned the loyalty Stewert has, both in audience and, seemingly, in production.

      The question is whether he wants to. I think it’d probably be too much for him to want to do now. Maybe he could just get others to handle it and just let it use his name though? It’d be great if he could establish something where people like him are allowed to speak freely without worrying that much about what the owners will do. Sure, they still couldn’t piss off every sponsor, but they would be a lot more free.