What Happened to Russell Brand?

--An exploration of Russell Brand's content over the last year, including his subtle encouragement of vaccine hesitancy and conspiratorial thinking
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Broadcast on October 6, 2021

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[TraversyMedia]

I'm starting not to like the phrase "do your own research". It is something I have said a lot, but now it seems to mean "search until you find someone that agrees with your batshit crazy ideas".

[raymondkymsuttle]

He’s what we call in Ireland ‘a blagger’ - he’s good at sounding erudite but doesn’t actually have any depth of knowledge.

[nopeteys]

Saying “I have no opinion on this” doesnt make Russell sound smart and objective, it makes him sound stupid and like he’s trying to walk the tightrope and appeal to both sides without upsetting anyone. If he doesn’t have an opinion about the vaccine, why the hell is he talking about it?

[DebbiesBackPorch]

I am 75 and was a young adult in the 1960's. Listening to Russell Brand reminds me of all the pseudo-intellectual young men affecting superiority in order to manipulate their circle of people to adore and revere them. He is a bad mannered child who believes in nothing. He always reminds me of that old saying, "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit."

[Jack-symr]

“Keep an open mind” Russel?

“It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brains fall out” -Carl Sagan

[scot]

The “I don’t have an opinion on that, so here’s my opinion on that” kind of grift.

[jamesl]

I don’t know but I tend to trust 90% of the science when it comes to airplanes and trains and medicines. Especially when something has been tested around the world and used millions of times

[gorandragosavac]

David is 100% right, Russel Brand has correctly profiled Joe Rogan's / Tucker Carlson's / FOX news audience and he is simply repeating their talking points, defending what they defending, attacking what they are attacking, and using that as a blueprint to build his podcast. And that would be just fine if he is honest about it - but he is not - and that is the problem. He is "branding" himself as the objective, and someone you can trust - as opposed to big media (the part that is not owned by Murdock) - when he is merely telling his audience what they want to hear it.

[jemert]

"neutral" guy coincidentally spews one QAnon talking point after another

[jeremyadams]

What’s going on with Russell Brand is… he tipped his toe into Political content and quickly learned how many views and dollars were in it… especially from right leaning viewers. Now he’s all in

[pri.sci.lla.]

His comment section is an absolute mess and further proves how low our society is… many people get information from people like him and Rogan. Truly sickening.

[godfreycarmichael]

If you are looking to Russell Brand for enlightenment you deserve what you get.

[msfair]

He's obnoxious & thinks highly of himself.
I can do without hearing his opinions on anything, ever.
It's a rough time for contrarians.

[mattkemerait]

"I'm just measuring and judging the conversation that takes place around it."

Yeah Russell, we call that having an opinion.

[ronniebrown]

i am 70 years old....never had mumps, measles, rubella, polio, chicken pox, tb, .... my dad was career military and we moved a lot always having to get vaccines i have had 2 covid shots and 1 booster....i am still alive and i think all these vaccines helped me to be such....

[KrishnarajRaoUrbanNaxal]

"Neutrality and objectivity are two different things" -- That's what I call insightful. Thank you for putting it so succinctly.

[ryancurwen-walker]

“I have no opinion” he says on his show where he does nothing but share his opinions

[cebril]

If you want to take your health advice from a failed musician, failed actor, failed comedienne and failed junkie go right ahead. For him to claim neutrality is ridiculous. He has tried to hang on to any glimmer of fame he can get. I will take my advice from people who have studied medicine and science all their life.

[Sochi]

Crazy how people flock to entertainers rather than those with actual expertise.

[mrtambourineman]

I hate to say it, but I think you need to do another one on Brand, he has fallen much more down the right-wing conspiracy 🐇 🕳 . He basically is best friends with Tucker now!