Do these really need to be the only two options?

He has one of the most viewed podcasts in an age when podcasts are replacing traditional media at a faster rate than ever before.

This fact alone explains why he gets companies like netflix to give him money to produce media for them.

This particular guy is a california liberal, but he's at least one who is honest about what his background is, the extent to which he understands issues, and is willing to bring on guests who he disagrees with.

I don't think that we can ask for anything more from the guy and it's really silly to claim that he's a shill because one of the many things that he says that he doesn't know is about soros (a topic which liberals pretty much have zero exposure to).