The pernicious part is the least critical interviewers get the greatest access. It's actually absurd the people Lex Friedman gets to interview while being absolutely terrible at it.
There's also the concern that if support for Israel is dropped, an Iran-led coalition will go to war with them. Israel being attacked is unimaginable to a lot of people that grew up in the shadow of ww2.
The pernicious part is the least critical interviewers get the greatest access. It's actually absurd the people Lex Friedman gets to interview while being absolutely terrible at it.