you must hear this a lot that you re one of their primary sources of information. flattered as it should be is my response. i feel like people are looking for something that is not slanted. i mean i certainly have lost fans over the years because i don t say things that please people all the time, but that s my ultimate bond with the audience. when i lose people it s like, okay, you were never plent to be with me in the first place. we can t have a relationship. there are people conditioned to only hearing, only wanting to hear one side of the story. correct. they do not want to hear the other side. it s so ironic. when i started on politically incorrect years ago, 1993, aeshd r everybody said you can t really do a show like this because you re giving your opinions. that s not what talk show hosts do. they don t and can t give their opinions. you ll alienate half the crowd.
okay, you were never meant to be with me in the first place. we can t have a relationship. there are people conditioned to only hearing, only wanting to hear one side of the story. correct. they do not want to hear the other side. it s so ironic. when i started on politically incorrect 30 years ago, 1993, everybody said you can t really do a show like this because you re giving your opinions. that s not what talk show hosts do. they don t and can t give their opinions. you ll alienate half the crowd. that s not what johnny carson did. it s not that david letterman did. that s not what jay leno did, and i said let s give it a try. maybe the people are a little more sophisticated than you re giving them credit for and they can actually take it that a guy who s on tv, they don t always agree with him but they still like him. just like in life you don t always agree with your friends on everything. so it did turn out that it s okay because here i am 30 years later still on. but i get
incorrect . what s your response when people tell you, and you must hear this a lot, that they get you re one of their primary sources of information? flattered. and as it should be is my response. i feel like people are looking for something that is not slanted. i mean, i certainly have lost fans over the years because i don t say the things that please people all the time, but that s my ultimate bond with the audience. when i lose people, it s like, okay. well, you were never meant to be with me in the first place. yeah. we can t have a relationship. there are a whole lot of people who are just conditioned to only hearing, only wanting to hear one side of the story. correct. they do not want to hear the other side. i mean, it s so ironic. when i started on politically incorrect 30 years ago, 1993, everybody said, you know, you can t really do a show like this because you re giving your opinions. that s not what talk show hosts do. they don t and can t give their
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of russian state television s most prominent talk show hosts described the german political leadership as nazis. tonight, he said that the fourth right had declared war on russia and he said that berlin was a legitimate target. many thanks to our russia editor steve rosenberg and our north america editor, sarah smith. and for the latest on the situation in ukraine, just go to the live page at bbc news online at bbc.co.uk/news, or use the bbc news app. the prime minister has defended his decision not to sack the conservative party chairman, nadhim zahawi, who is reported to have paid a penalty for underpaid taxes to hmrc. mr zahawi was chancellor at the time the estimated £5 million settlement was agreed. rishi sunak told mps today that the right thing in the first instance was to order an inquiry