“TCM (which has gone noticeably and disgustingly leftwing lately)”
Host Ben Mankiewicz is a HUGE anti-Trump lefty. He appeared on some lefty cable show on Election Night 2016. I was shocked that he was associated with such a partisan show when he should have been neutral. Here’s the link:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UiWY0iRLV94&t=842s
The Young Turks - I think Ben actually helped found the group back whenever it was created - not surprising that he’s so leftwing given his family’s connection with show business, the Kennedy’s and all, but it does take a lot of the enjoyment out of watching him introduce the movies - he’s always got a dig for the HUAC and attempts to thwart communism in this country and is defending the poor, innocent writers and actors who were blacklisted for refusing to cooperate with those attempts - and I always wonder how honest his commentary is about some of the films from the WWII era, when Hollywood went from supporting our war efforts against Germany to suddenly being not so sure we should be fighting during the year or so when the Germans had a pact with Communist Russia, then suddenly back to wanting us to fight when Germany broke the pact - if only we could bring back Robert Osborne......