I started watching his shows a few months ago. I like his long form format. It shows people who the media typically either worships or vilifies as normal, every

I started watching his shows a few months ago. I like his long form format. It shows people who the media typically either worships or vilifies as normal, everyday people. His format allows me to ingest more information than the typical sound bite coupled with 5 minutes of predetermined punditry. I watched an episode last night who was a conservative congressman. I disagreed with some of what he said but he presented his thoughts in a way that made the issues more complex than I had originally considered concerning foreign policy. Fox or NBC would simply take out a piece of what someone says and pundit it to death, omitting most of the nuance. In other words, the traditional media format steers the audience to an opinion while the long format allows a much broader consideration of a topic. If I were to boil it down, his format allows viewers to consider much more of a topic than traditional news, which seems to try to force an opinion on you. It breaks down issues to the topic rather than the party position. (I lean D on some issues and R on others. I feel it's too simplistic to force my views into a single party's platform. Anyway, it's something only new media can do today. I think Phil Donahue had a similar format way back when, but I was too young to be interested in it.