I don’t watch him but my wife does and I’ll certainly listen in while I do other things if I’m in the same room. There’s definitely people who want nothing but to tear him down and will invent scandals, but also he definitely leans into the controversy, just like how he seems to enjoy highlighting some of the worst takes by his chatters.

just another reactionary

He’s been doing this for over a decade now, and provides valuable commentary to the news coverage he’s covering, and also he’ll do debates & interviews with folks, encourages viewers to check out the works of certain journalists, etc.

nepo baby

He’s addressed this before, basically stating that yes he did get his start thanks to his uncle’s success with The Young Turks. He doesn’t pretend that he succeeded in a vacuum based entirely on his charm/smarts/etc. and he runs his company as a coop with employee pay directly related to the company’s income rather than whatever is the “industry standard”

producing low brow bait content

Honestly he tends to do a better job reporting on current events and providing relevant context than [insert national cable news network here] does

narcissistic effort to feed his own ego

Yeah probably

i haven’t watched any of his streams, just piecing together what bits and bobs i’v been exposed to

So you don’t have anything to base your opinions on. Want something to base opinions off of? Here’s him interviewing the attorney general of Minnesota after attending one of the anti-ice rallies immediately following Alex Pretti’s execution or here he is interviewing prisoner firefighters in LA during the fires in early 2025

the dog was obviously distressed.

My wife happened to be watching that stream and she’s dropped streamers she’s watched religiously for far less than animal abuse. Literally nothing happened. You’re seeing edited/manipulated clips trying to make a scandal out of nothing.

Look, Hasanabi ain’t my cup of tea exactly, (I appreciate his content but I’m not going to seek it out) and I intentionally avoid getting attached to any public personality or person because all too often they end up being a piece of shit, but he’s out there doing good work covering real news and educating real people on how the real world works. Until he actually does something worth dropping him, I’ll keep paying attention whenever my wife watches him (and she’ll probably know before me if he does something terrible or some revelations come out)

TL;DR stop spreading misinformation!