After months of sharply criticizing President Donald Trumpās actions, decisions and rhetoric, the left-leaning MeidasTouch Podcast overtook the Joe Rogan Experience for the first time last week, according to YouTubeās weekly ranking of top podcast shows.
While Roganās 20.1 million YouTube followers dwarf MeidasTouchās 5.2 million, the podcasting giantās show finished in second place. Progressive YouTuber Brian Tyler Cohen and conservative-leaning Sean Ryanās shows also made the top ten.
The MeidasTouch Podcast saw its rankings climb in July as Trump attempted to appease Congress, the media, and voters over his administrationās handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case, with episodes zeroing in on the presidentās past ties to and comments about the disgraced financier.
Clickbait works. If thatās what it takes to get promoted in the algorithm and compete with the right-wing garbage, then so be it. Itās better than the right-wing garage being presented unopposed.
That may be the point and reason, but that doesnāt eliminate the negative side of it. You wonāt find me defending clickbait or divisive social network algorithms putting people into their own bubbles, thatās what got us into this problem in the first place and itās just going to keep waddling societies from extremes to extremes.