re: #30 The Ghost of a Flea

If you dig a little, you find out that Ben is another guy in the right-wing infotainment circuit who failed to make it in conventional media. He tried to be a screenwriter and it never took off. He may have some “principles” that inform his opinions, but he is also putting on a show and meeting the demands of his audience…who demand to be told how smart and moral they are at all times, and how immoral, stupid, and deserving of cruelty the people they are uncomfortable with are.

It’s an incredibly lucrative gig that’s got a low bar for entry, and authentic creativity is actually threatening to the audience base, so it’s the perfect refuge for hacks.

Ben is a slightly better hack than the other hacks.

Yeah that’s right. He’s a failed screenwriter and after hearing Robert Evans read some of True Allegiance, I can see why. His writing and characters are even lamer than his political observations.