This is simply by way of explanation and insomnia.
I had little use for Rush Limbaugh and yet he was awarded a medal by the President for Stuff & Things. OK, I noted that but don't really care if others think that highly of him. I remember when Sean Hannity was a new local nitwit on AM NYC radio as was Mark Levin and now both have national platforms. Same for Howard Stern - drivetime radio wacky guy, and now just look. As a man who had been trapped in a service truck for decades when the radio was my only friend I have listened to them plenty, and Curtis Slewah and Bo Dietl and Dr.Laura too for that matter. To be honest, as obscure as this is, I was a Don Imus fan. Later on in his career he became a superb interviewer and did have opinions he'd express, but he was a weird duck - a media personality that didn't fit a particular label. I didn't always agree but did listen and miss him. A very analog comparison in terms of how the content was delivered, but the actual content itself not so much. Curtis is the only one I can still catch on AM.
BTW, Levin certainly does have a face for radio.
I've seen some Carlson because I'm long since married and if my wife likes that then I will sit and listen and read on the couch with her while it's on, so its not as if I have entirely dismissed him without giving it a try. For that matter, I don't want to hear from Laura Ingraham or Rachel Maddow. Alex Jones, as disgusting a life form as that piece of shit is, is cut from the same bolt of cloth as the rest he just went too far.
IIRC wasn't Tucker accosted somewhere within the last year or two in a store while on vacation with his family? I remember him telling whoever it was that 'its just a show and you are interfering with my wife and children' - making clear he's media persona. To put it in Eddie Munster terms, he just said Zorbo is a fake.
I scan several news apps from multiple viewpoints and get it over with like a daily bodily function. I'd prefer to at least have a vague idea what is happening rather than be blissfully ignorant and just wait for the 'incoming nuclear missile' text message from the State of New York. I figure if Hawaii gets a Doomsday text service we should too.