1-Why did ICE allow Dr. Phil to be in their group?
Well, he’s a well-known media figure of claims to be centrist and unbiased, so his presence/footage could have provided a veneer of doubt to most other media coverage. They eventually need SOMEONE to play that role if they don’t want to be the literal bad guys
2-Why did Dr. Phil agree to do this?
Well, as much as he claims to be unbiased and trustworthy, more often than not, his show is pretty much just “guilt trip the nonconformist in front of an audience until they break down and hug their relatives who brought them here” with some commercials sprinkled in for
funprofit. He’s basically a big bully with the ‘street cred’ (moustasche) to get away with it3-Why did anyone think this would work at all?
Well, I don’t have the numbers to confirm this, but as an American, I’m confident in saying that most Americans would trust Dr. Phil, more than some random/local reporters (even if that should NOT be the case). Even if you’ve never watched a second of his show, you’ve probably heard his voice, seen others imitate him, or are at least AWARE of his existence, and we’re more likely to trust a source we’ve already encountered before.
I’m not so sure about number 3. He gets made fun of a lot. Well, he got made fun of a lot then everyone seemed to forget him. Even people with ridiculous accents made fun of his accent (of which I am one).
The people who believe him are obviously out there. But I’d like to think that most people realize that his show was (is? I don’t know) just Jerry Springer with fewer chairs being thrown and less honesty about what they’re there for.
On the other hand, I have no good explanation about why they think it would work at all without what you said. So maybe?
As a fellow southwestern drunk, cheers to that dudeski
Yet another reality show loser. Birds of a feather.
What is it with guys Oprah made famous having fake or no credentials in their supposed “area of expertise” and also being close to Trump?
Remember that Million Little Pieces debacle? I think she’s just easy to fool.
Yeah, she’s obviously very business savvy/good at playing that game, but missing a few marbles in the critical thinking domain. Like one or two other people you may have heard of.
Seriously… the fact that Rachel Ray is the only one to made it out of Oprah’s influence with any kind of wide-spread appeal is crazy.
What the fuck is going on, man
…why?
He’s a racist piece of shit
Why is there a picture of Gallagher? Or is that a tortoise dick? The thumbnail is small.
It’s a tortoise dick.
I hope he will forever be remembered as one of the first non-politician celebrity that jumped on the fascism bandwagon IRL.
In that picture it looks like his human-mask is slipping.
“youre ugly, youre disgusting, im gonna kill you, give me two hundred dollars”
