A fairly high percentage of punditry is just fan fiction.

It takes less repetitive motions of the wrist to achieve an orgasm than it does to facilitate the necessary writing to prop oneself up as a modern day Cassandra.

Its theater at this point.

Can we just say “all of it?”

Yes, and crappy fan fiction at that. AO3 would accept it, but only by holding the collective nose.

Except MPREG enthusiasts tend to respect the concepts of bodily autonomy and childcare benefits more than most pundits...

There's no bigger high to chase for pundits than their thirsty, parasocialized fan bases

Unless England’s men’s football team are playing, at which point at least 60% of the punditry is droning on about 1966.

Its twilight fan fiction written by brain dead hacks

I tend to think some of this stuff from pundits as well as online fandom culture contributes to a parasocial relationship with politics among some partisans that is just not healthy at all. ✌️

In my head canon I ship america and healthcare