Osnos says the show’s repetitive nature is actually part of its appeal. While Limbaugh was schticky, broadcasting hokey songs and skits, Bongino’s show puts entertainment on the back burner, hammering away at right-wing talking points. And he told this very detailed description of the fear that he felt as a kid-this fear that is deep in you and it changes you forever.īut listening to Dan Bongino ascend to Limbaugh’s throne, Evan Osnos has mostly been struck by how different Bongino is from his predecessor. When I interviewed him, the moment when he was most vivid was in the description of an experience that he had as a child, when his mother’s boyfriend was abusive to him and his brother. And then he got a master’s degree in psychology, too, while also being a cop. He’d grown up in Queens and Long Island, and studied psychology in college. Can you give me a brief biographical sketch of this guy?Įvan Osnos: He started out as police officer in New York City. Mary Harris: For those who may have never heard of Dan Bongino, I want to go way back and talk about where he came from. On Tuesday’s episode of What Next, I spoke with Osnos about how Dan Bongino became the leader of this tribe-and one of the most influential figures in conservative media-even though half of America is still learning his name. Our conversation has been condensed and edited for clarity. It is about drawing boundaries of a tribe, of a community.” It’s designed to be unifying of the believers and separating with the nonbelievers. “It is pure, constant political talk of the most intense and angry and agitated kind. “Millions and millions of people are listening every day,” Osnos said. And earlier this year, he took over Rush Limbaugh’s time slot on many terrestrial radio stations. Bongino dominates on Facebook-his page often gets more engagement than those of the New York Times or Washington Post. In case you aren’t quite sure who Dan Bongino is, here’s what you need to know: Over the past few years, Bongino has made himself into a central node in the right-wing information ecosystem. And then there was this guy named Dan Bongino. And very often he would have many of the 10 most popular items.” “Some of the names were familiar, like Sean Hannity or Ben Shapiro. “I first saw his name appear on the list of the most-trafficked items on Facebook,” he said. Watch the entire Fox & Friends interview with Bongino in the video player above.The New Yorker’s Evan Osnos first started hearing the name Dan Bongino about two years ago. If I only would’ve known that was his last time, I would’ve put the toothbrush down and just sat there and taken it all in with a different degree of attention,” he said. I was brushing my teeth listening to the end of his show. “I remember what I was doing (during his last show). He says he’s grateful for Limbaugh’s legacy of working to the very end while battling a terminal illness. Bongino was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in September and announced last week he was given “a clean bill of health after completing his cancer treatment.” Well, God got his talent back because you’ll never see that again,” said Bongino.Ī cancer diagnosis is something Bongino shares in common with the late broadcaster. “He (Rush) said he had talent on loan from God. Limbaugh’s talent was unique and special, he said, and will never be replaced. “Just about every conservative in America, and for a lot of conservatives around the world, that learning process first started with Rush,” Bongino said.īongino noted Limbaugh “invented” the conservative talk format and blazed a trail for numerous other hosts to follow, including Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Mark Levine, Ben Shapiro and many more. “‘We all live two lives, the one we learn from and the one we live after that.’ (That quote) makes me think of Rush,” he said. He described Limbaugh as the Godfather because of his influence on audiences and fellow broadcasters and referenced a quote from the movie “The Natural” that reminds him of Limbaugh. During a recent interview with Fox & Friends, Bongino praised Limbaugh, who lost his battle with lung cancer last month at age 70.
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