Do you have any opinion of Mehdi Hassan?

[Nexus2]

I have mixed feelings about him. He seems passionate and committed some things I agree with. But also very aggressive almost hostile particularly towards people that don't totally agree with him. Hassan appears to dislike Biden on that basis, though has, grudgingly admitted that he's done some good things.

[Me.]

1. Can't Watch Him

too much ranting and I don't appreciate his attitude towards the president.

[XanaDUer2]

2. he makes me feel I'm watching a louder

version of the BBC

[Drum]

8. 👆👆👆

Yup, this

[H2O Man]

3. I like him alright.

I don't watch him often. But I don't mind watching someone with a different opion than me. I think he is generally sincere.

[ChrisF1961]

4. He's an arrogant jerk.

Thinks he is right about everything and everyone else is wrong.

[JoeOtterbein]

5. He is a real journalist.

We are used to the soft puffy-fluff questions from American TV news.

It is his job to ask tough questions to every politician. Not just the ones we dislike.

[ChrisF1961]

13. No a real journalist sticks to the facts

and doesn’t inject their personal opinion, which Hasan does constantly.

[JoeOtterbein]

16. An example of that would help.

Or an example of who, and why that person you think, would do a better job without injecting "their personal opinion"?

[ChrisF1961]

17. By definition a real journalist sticks to the facts

All Hasan does is inject his personal opinion which is usually anti-Biden and anti-democratic. While he has every right to his opinions, calling him a real journalist is ridiculous.

[JoeOtterbein]

18. Are you saying you dislike something he said about Joe?

An example would help me understand.

[ChrisF1961]

20. No I'm saying he is not a real journalist

and he admits he doesn’t like Biden. He said as much tonight to Jen Psaki.

[JoeOtterbein]

24. I watched the interview, but I may have missed it. Please correct me with a quote.

But I expect every real journalist to ask tough questions.

Who a journalist likes, or not, is irrelevant. Does the journalist ask tough questions? Mehdi does.

[ChrisF1961]

28. Yes A real journalist asks questions based on facts

His question about Biden ending the filibuster was ridiculous. Thankfully, Psaki schooled him that the filibuster is a Senate procedure and the President doesn’t get a vote. He’s not a real journalist.

[Nexus2]

31. I don't watch him enough to give a specific example from memory.

But tonight he labelled himself "not a fan" of Biden. He comes across as one of those folks that thinks Biden has a magic wand he's refusing to wave or should drop everything else to focus totally on what they think is most import. That (IMO) came across really stronger in tonight's appearance.

[cachukis]

19. Methinks you are troubled by journalists.

[ChrisF1961]

22. No I'm troubled by someone calling

a commentator, a real journalist. There is a big difference.

[madaboutharry]

6. I don't like him.

He is intolerant and arrogant. Two qualities I dislike in people.

[Leith]

7. Yeah, I have an opinion of him

and it comes from an interview he did with Richard Dawkins.

Disclaimer: I'm an atheist and I have been since junior high school. I've been getting more militant about it as I get older.

[Piasladic]

10. interesting video

I'd never seen this video before, and like you am becoming more militant as I get older too. I sprang from the womb an atheist (or at least not raised to believe in god/gods since my parents were atheists). People used to call my dad a rabid atheist/feminist and I guess it stuck on me too.

I never really liked Dawkins as a person though. It was fun to see him in this video, but on women, Dawkins could use some help himself.

[Leith]

29. Really? I have always been okay with Dawkins

But the point I hoped to make with the video was that Hassan was a true believer in myths that can not possibly have any basis in fact. I don't care which religion it is, nonsensical beliefs are nonsensical beliefs. He could profess a belief that the world rested on the back of a turtle, or that a guy died and rose from the dead 3 days later, or that the sun goddess loved her reflection in a mirror, or some desert nomad rode a winged horse through near vacuum for 250,000 miles to the moon and split it in two.

Just ffs - don't. Not as part of a news cast.

[Piasladic]

30. really weird faith

It's odd that anyone believes that the moon was split in two or that winged horse stuff.

Me, I'm more uptight that so many good thinkers are sexist asses.

"For good measure, Dawkins argued that rape victims shouldn’t be considered trustworthy if they were drinking."

Link to tweet

[Funtatlaguy]

9. He has grown on me.

Wicked smart
His interviews are probing.
He doesn’t allow talking points to go unchallenged.

[cachukis]

11. He probes. He stays on the question.

All journos come from somewhere. I don't need reinforcement of my delusions. I want challenges. Science works that way. He has a testicular fortitude that can be grating. He belongs because he's got backing to his perspective. Raises the level of consciousness.

[Fiendish Thingy]

12. Refreshing candour mixed with arrogant abrasiveness- I can only tolerate small doses

But I would rather watch five hours of Hassan than 5 minutes of Chuck Todd.

[FloridaBlues]

14. I like him until he starts ragging against Democrats and Biden

Time to switch tv

[JoeOtterbein]

21. Don't forget that Joe wants push-back from the left....

...Instead of the 24/7 push-back from the right.

[JI7]

25. He is anti choice so he isn't from the left

[Sneederbunk]

15. Anything approaching BBC-style interviewing is welcome.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

23. I cannot watch him either

I love the fact that Hasan tried a hatchet job of Rep. Jim Clyburn and got shot down by Cylburn

Link to tweet

Hasan was evidently hired due to Chris Hayes which is not a positive in my book.

[JoeOtterbein]

26. I'm not sure what you mean by a "hatchet job", but we want more journalists highlighting....

...great politicians like Jim Clyburn.

By asking tough questions, he allows Jim to make some great points.

If Jim had weak answers, like every GOP politician does every time, then that argument from that politician would have been the one that what/who was "shot down".

[LetMyPeopleVote]

32. Hasan attacked Rep. Clyburn on the defund the police stupidity

It was sad. Hasan believes that defund the police is a great idea and and any Democrat who lost due that moronic slogan deserved to lose. Rep. Clyburn disabused Hasan of this stupidity and was clear that defund the police is a truly stupid slogan that cost a good number of good democrats their races in 2020. Clyburn ran over Hasan fairly easily because Hasan was completely wrong on “defund the Polce” slogan and could not defend this ignorant slogan against Clyburn

[JoeOtterbein]

33. If I'm understanding your second sentence correctly...

...Mehdi said he "believes that defund the police is a great idea and and any Democrat who lost due that moronic slogan deserved to lose."

Are you saying Mehdi, "believes that defund the police is a great idea and and any Democrat who lost due that moronic slogan deserved to lose." ?

If so, do you agree or disagree with Mehdi on that statement?

Again, that is not what I heard from the same interview.

[Mosby]

27. Hasan thinks Israel shouldn't exist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=mDRzEyOam-M

[W_HAMILTON]

34. Not a fan.

[Bucky]

35. He has a very British style. Plus I'm not a fan of openly biased journalists

I mean, I agree with most of his opinions. But I prefer telejournalists like Rachel Maddow or Anderson Cooper who stick mostly to facts and analysis. They have their biases too, of course, but they keep them in the back seat
He lacks subtlety and balance.