Sure, but back then he was able to play around on his own side because this was pre-Maximum Leader conformity. He was sort of more of a variety/comedy/news guy before.
I wouldn't know the tv show Modern Family existed until he interviewed Eric Stonestreet, the actor who played Cam.
He platformed a guy who I thought was just a clown in Gavin Mcinnis who turned out to be a wanna-be brownshirt co-founder of the Proudboys.
The pathologies of that movement are incredible in retrospect.